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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Cecily Benefeld, wife of John Benefeld. Benefeld Cecily Council. Petition concerning...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/212/10599
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This record is about the Cecily Benefeld, wife of John Benefeld. Benefeld Cecily Council. Petition concerning... dating from [1397-1399] 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 8/212/10599
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1397-1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Cecily Benefeld, wife of John Benefeld.
- Name(s)
- Benefeld, Cecily
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Petition concerning disputes over rights in the manor of Ewelme, Sussex.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let them have a day in chancery at the octave of Hillary next.
- Places mentioned
- Ewelme [unidentified], Sussex.
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Thornedene
- John Larke, clerk
- Gilbert Stigant, clerk
- Simon de Benefeld
- Thomas Nyman, clerk
- John [Benefeld], son of John Benefeld
- William [Benefeld], son of John Benefeld.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard 1397-9, with reference to the former reference of this document, in Chancery Files 455.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/213/10626
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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)
- French
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334156/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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