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Geoffrey de Welleford (Welford), clerk, examiner of writ of Chancery. de Welleford...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/267/13322

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This record is about the Geoffrey de Welleford (Welford), clerk, examiner of writ of Chancery. de Welleford... dating from [1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/267/13322
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Geoffrey de Welleford (Welford), clerk, examiner of writ of Chancery.
Name(s)
de Welleford (Welford), Geoffrey
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Welleford requests that the chancellor be commanded to provide him with an ecclesiastical benefice for his maintenance without speaking to the king further on it.
Nature of endorsement
1) Of Chancery. 2) Coram rege. 3) The king has granted . . . Chancery and that according to the contents of the petition . . . and should be done without making further on this . . ..
Note
The petition dates to 1305 as the chancellor was commanded to provide the petitioner with the next available benefice on 20 October 1305 (CCR 1302-7::p.352).
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/327/E790

For a petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/148/7395

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.352 (memorandum recording the order to the chancellor in accordance with this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517269/

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