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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Heirs of Geoffrey de Pycheford (Picheford). King and Council. The heirs of Geoffrey...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/266/13271
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/266/13271
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Heirs of Geoffrey de Pycheford (Picheford).
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The heirs of Geoffrey de Pycheford request that they may have restoration of the goods of Geoffrey, which have been seized into the king's hands on account of a case brought against Geoffrey regarding sums paid to him while he was constable of Windsor. Although he was granted various sums for the castle guards during his twenty-six years as constable, he was then charged at the Exchequer to return £1228 10s of this money, which he claimed to have spent on his duty, but died before he could answer the charge and consequently his goods were seized.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king pardons this, and let a writ of chancery be sent to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer.Names of the heirs: Richard de Picheford, son and heir of Geoffrey de Picheford.
- Places mentioned
- Windsor, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- Geoffrey de Pycheford
- Richard de Picheford (Pycheford), son and heir of Geoffrey de Pycheford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Richard de Pycheford was pardoned this debt on 30 March 1305.
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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 I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.324 (pardon to Richard de Pycheford of this sum)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517218/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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