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? No Petitioner named Letters of Edward III, dated at Berwick on 13 May 1338, granting...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10860

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Reference
SC 8/218/10860
Date
[1348]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letters of Edward III, dated at Berwick on 13 May 1338, granting to Robert Maunel for his good service all the lands of John Giffard of Horndean, a rebel, in the king's hands following the forfeiture of John's son, Hugh, also a rebel.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] By writ of Privy Seal.[on dorse] [Incomplete note seemingly referring to the enrolment of a restoration, presumably cancelling the letters.]
Places mentioned
Hornden (Horndean), [Berwickshire, Scotland]
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Edward III, King of England
Robert Maunel (Maunyel, Mannyel)
John Giffard of Horndean
Hugh Giffard, son of John Giffard.
Note
The writ is explicitly dated 13 May 1338, but was seemingly presented with the petition at SC 8/218/10859, and is presumably a later copy.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. IV, 1357-1509, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), no.1840 (calendar of writ and related petition)
  • Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), no.712 (related grants)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334417/

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