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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Giffard, warden of the hospital of St Leonard, York. Giffard John King. warden...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/245/12244
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This record is about the John Giffard, warden of the hospital of St Leonard, York. Giffard John King. warden... dating from [1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/245/12244
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Giffard, warden of the hospital of St Leonard, York.
- Name(s)
- Giffard, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- warden of the hospital of St Leonard, York
- Nature of request
- Giffard requests that the chancellor be commanded to hear the parties in the dispute between him and the brothers chaplains, and that those found at fault be punished in due manner. He also requests that the statutes of the hospital be maintained and their goods expended according to their foundation, and that an agreement lately made by maintained.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- York.
- People mentioned
- Roger Hillary, justice
- Richard de Aldburgh (Aldborough), justice
- William Basset, justice
- Robert Parnyng, justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1340 as the privy seal warrant with which the petition was formerly enclosed and the inspeximus and confirmation made to resolve the dispute date to 21 April 1340 [14 Edw. III] (C 81/265/12932; CPR 1338-40, p.505).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was 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 8/245/12242
For another petition relating to the hospital and perhaps to this matter, see SC 8/61/3037
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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, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.266, 505 (inspeximus and confirmations of agreements made for the resolution of disputes between master and brethren of the hospital)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439850/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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