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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Beneyte (Benedicta) Choffyn of Guernsey. Choffyn Beneyte (Benedicta) King. Chofyn...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/278/13872
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This record is about the Beneyte (Benedicta) Choffyn of Guernsey. Choffyn Beneyte (Benedicta) King. Chofyn... dating from [1302] 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 8/278/13872
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Beneyte (Benedicta) Choffyn of Guernsey.
- Name(s)
- Choffyn, Beneyte (Benedicta)
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Chofyn requests pardon for the death of Owar, her husband, who she killed with a knife in self-defence when he was beating her. She then left the isle for Normandy.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It is unworthy to grant grace in this case.2) This felony was shown to have been done [...] and outside the protection of the king. The king agrees that the bailiff should certify him of the matter at the parliament to be held at Michaelmas next.
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Normandy, [France].
- People mentioned
- Peter Owar, husband of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A pardon was issued to the petitioner for the death of her husband and her abjuration of the realm on 26 October 1302 (CPR 1301-7, p.69), probably just after the Michaelmas parliament mentioned in the endorsement.
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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.69 (pardon in accordance with this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517820/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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