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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth de Elesfelde (Ellesfeld), widow of Gilbert de Elesfelde. de Elesfelde (Ellesfeld)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/224/11182
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This record is about the Elizabeth de Elesfelde (Ellesfeld), widow of Gilbert de Elesfelde. de Elesfelde (Ellesfeld)... dating from [1380] 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 8/224/11182
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth de Elesfelde (Ellesfeld), widow of Gilbert de Elesfelde.
- Name(s)
- de Elesfelde (Ellesfeld), Elizabeth
- Addressees
- Lords and Commons of Parliament.
- Nature of request
- Elizabeth, late the wife of Gilbert de Elesfelde, requests remedy on her longstanding complaint to the council regarding the restoration of the manor of Drayton. She states that the manor was held jointly be her and her husband of the gift of Burghfeld and Steventon, and leased to Rose, but he leased it to Alice Perrers, and the manor is now in the king's hands following Perrers' forfeiture.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this bill be sent to the chancery, and call the king's sergeants and others and hear the reasons of the parties and let right be done.
- Places mentioned
- Drayton, Berkshire.
- People mentioned
- Gilbert de Elesfelde (Ellesfeld), knight, late husband of the petitioner
- Gilbert de Burghfeld, chaplain
- Nicholas de Steventon, chaplain
- Edmund Rose
- Alice Perrers
- Gilbert Wace, late escheator of Berkshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A commission of enquiry, seemingly in response to this petition, was issued on 1 March 1380. The petition at SC 8/105/5216 seemingly represents an earlier stage in the same proceedings, probably in the parliament of 1378.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on this matter see SC 8/105/5216
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.468 (resultant commission of enquiry into this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334742/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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