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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
SC 8/197/9802
Date
[? c. 1283]
Description
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).
Note
Tentatively dated with reference to CPR 1281-92 p.113, which is dated 11 February 1284, and which would seem to postdate this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295690/

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