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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester. Giffard Godfrey King. Bishop of Worcester Godfrey,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9802
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This record is about the Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester. Giffard Godfrey King. Bishop of Worcester Godfrey,... dating from [? c. 1283] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/197/9802
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1283]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester.
- Name(s)
- Giffard, Godfrey
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Worcester
- Nature of request
- Godfrey, Bishop of Worcester, states that while the King, who is the patron of the church of Down Ampney, is suing the Prior and brothers of the Hospital of Jerusalem concerning this church, the Prior and brothers have occupied it, and they and the parishioners of the church are suing him before the official of Canterbury and his commissary. He requests a writ to the justices to order them that he is not to be harassed by this while the original suit is pending; and similar writs to the Prior and brothers and to the parishioners.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Down Ampney, [Gloucestershire]
- Worcester diocese.
- People mentioned
- Prior and brothers of the Hospital [of St John] of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated with reference to CPR 1281-92 p.113, which is dated 11 February 1284, and which would seem to postdate this petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.113 (quitclaim of the advowson to the church of Down Ampney to the Prior of the Hospitallers until the right to this advowson has been decided)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295690/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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