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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Gyffoun. Gyffoun Richard Council. Gyffoun requests remedy against Pensax...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10647
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This record is about the Richard Gyffoun. Gyffoun Richard Council. Gyffoun requests remedy against Pensax... dating from [c. 1377] 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 8/213/10647
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Gyffoun.
- Name(s)
- Gyffoun, Richard
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Gyffoun requests remedy against Pensax who imprisoned him from the thirty-second to the fifty-first years of the Edward III's reign (1358-77), wasted and destroyed his lands and tenements, took the deeds and charters touching his inheritance, and will not allow him to enter his lands until he pays Pensax 5 marks.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- Percival de Pensax
- Edward III, King of England.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition complaining about Pensax, see SC 8/213/10645
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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/C9334204/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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