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William de Gislyngham (Gislingham). de Gislyngham (Gislingham) William King's son,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/307/15306
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This record is about the William de Gislyngham (Gislingham). de Gislyngham (Gislingham) William King's son,... dating from [1346-1347] 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 8/307/15306
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1346-1347]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Gislyngham (Gislingham).
- Name(s)
- de Gislyngham (Gislingham), William
- Addressees
- King's son, Keeper of England.
- Nature of request
- Gislyngham requests remedy for the great wrong done to him and his brother John on the decollation of St John in the twentieth year of the King's reign [1346] when le Lung and his wife, accompanied by Loungechamp, ten of his armed men, sixty archers, the community of Diss and three carts laden with their arms, entered and made war upon the vill of Gislingham with royal power, destroyed lands and tenements and stole goods and chattels. John is in the King's war in the company of le Despenser and under the King's protection.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ of trespass at the common law or an oyer and terminer by fine if he wishes.
- Places mentioned
- Diss, [Norfolk]
- Gislingham, Suffolk.
- People mentioned
- [Lionel of Antwerp], King's son, Keeper of England
- John de Gislyngham (Gislingham), brother of the petitioner
- William le Lung
- Massale [le Lung], wife of William le Lung
- Henry Loungechamp
- Hugh le Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Since the petition refers to events of the 20th year and is addressed to the King's son as keeper of England, it must date to 1346-7 when Lionel of Antwerp held this office while Edward III was in France.
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.142 (appointment of King's son as keeper of the realm) & p.561 (pardon to William de Gislingham, son of William de Gislingham, for death of le Lung)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.396b (no.105) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518361/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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