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John Giffard, clerk. Giffard John King. Brabant, [Belgium] St Leonard's hospital,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/245/12242
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This record is about the John Giffard, clerk. Giffard John King. Brabant, [Belgium] St Leonard's hospital,... dating from [1332] 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 8/245/12242
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Giffard, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Giffard, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Places mentioned
- Brabant, [Belgium]
- St Leonard's hospital, York
- Cotterstock, [Northamptonshire]
- Rockingham forest, [Northamptonshire].
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts:] 1) Giffard requests that it be commanded that writs be made according to the charters that the king granted him for a fine made before the king departed to Brabant, granting that the hospital of St Leonard and the chantry of Cotterstock be quit of taxes granted by lay and clerk to the king and his heirs. 2) Giffard requests that the land that he granted to the chantry of Cotterstock by licence of the king in the forest of Rockingham in a place called 'le Southside de Totenhowe' be granted that it be out of the regard and view of the foresters. He further requests that the king confirm the ordinances of the chantry.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery warrant in which this petition was apparently formerly enclosed, see no. 12932 in C 81/265
For another petition by the same petitioner with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see SC 8/245/12244
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.468 (recital of licences and of the petition, and grant relating to the second part of this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439848/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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