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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Robert de Gousill (Goxhill), esquire; Elizabeth Gousill (Goxhill). de Gousill (Goxhill);...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/254/12675
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This record is about the Robert de Gousill (Goxhill), esquire; Elizabeth Gousill (Goxhill). de Gousill (Goxhill);... dating from [1401] 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 8/254/12675
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1401]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Gousill (Goxhill), esquire; Elizabeth Gousill (Goxhill).
- Name(s)
- de Gousill (Goxhill); Gousill (Goxhill), Robert; Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is very badly damaged with much of the right-hand half of the petition either being missing or largely illegible.] The Gousills request pardon for the trespass committed by them [by their marriage] and they request a grant of . . . and that they can take the profits from the time of the marriage. [The petition refers to land being held in chief of the king, and to the land apparently being taken into the king's hand].
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]This petition was granted by the king.[On dorse, none].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1401 as it seems likely that a pardon granted to the petitioners relates to this petition, the pardon dating to 28 September 1401 (CPR 1399-1401, pp.544-5).
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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, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.544-5 (grant of pardon for heavy fines)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440282/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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