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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Pountfreyd (Pontefract) of Great Bardfield, clerk of Chancery. Pountfreyd...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12264
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This record is about the Richard Pountfreyd (Pontefract) of Great Bardfield, clerk of Chancery. Pountfreyd... dating from [1350] 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 8/246/12264
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Pountfreyd (Pontefract) of Great Bardfield, clerk of Chancery.
- Name(s)
- Pountfreyd (Pontefract), Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk of Chancery
- Nature of request
- Pountfreyd requests that the chancellor be ordered to enquire of the collusion between Greylond and others who despoiled him of his church and of their subsequent presentation despite his suit in the court of Rome. If this is found to be so, he requests that the presentation be repealed.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Great Bardfield, [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Colchester
- William Greylond.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1354 on the basis of the date '24 Edw. 3' stamped on the guard of the warrant, the warrant bearing the date 26 May (C 81/1333/15).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the secret seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no.15 in C 81/1333
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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. IX, 1350-1354, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.535 (ratification of the petitioner's estate in the church of St Mary Woolchurch, London)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439870/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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