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Simon de Geynesburgh (Gainsborough), clerk. de Geynesburgh (Gainsborough) Simon King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12122

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This record is about the Simon de Geynesburgh (Gainsborough), clerk. de Geynesburgh (Gainsborough) Simon King.... dating from [1346] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/243/12122
Date
[1346]
Description
Petitioners
Simon de Geynesburgh (Gainsborough), clerk.
Name(s)
de Geynesburgh (Gainsborough), Simon
Addressees
King.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
Geynesburgh requests that the king will confirm and accept the grant of the earl of Huntingdon, and grant that he may hold the parts of the manor of Kirton quit of all rents except a rose at the feast of St John the Baptist.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Kirton, [Lincolnshire]
Lindsey, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
William de Clynton (Clinton), earl of Huntingdon
Thomas de Bromhol
John de Westmonster (Westminster)
Emma [de Westmonster (Westminster)]
Thomas [de Westmonster (Westminster)], son of John and Emma Westminster
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall.
Note
The petition dates to 1346 as privy seal warrant issued on 2 July and the requests were granted on 20 July 1346 (C 81/313/17749; CPR 1345-8, pp.160-1).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 17749 in C 81/313

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.160-161 (grant of the requests)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439725/

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