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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Giffard of Essex. Giffard John Queen and Duke. Giffard requests a commission...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/307/15309
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This record is about the John Giffard of Essex. Giffard John Queen and Duke. Giffard requests a commission... dating from [c. 1326-c. 1327] 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 8/307/15309
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1326-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Giffard of Essex.
- Name(s)
- Giffard, John
- Addressees
- Queen and Duke.
- Nature of request
- Giffard requests a commission to arrest Woodham and bring him before the Queen and council as a rebel, because by colour of a commission he entered the manor of Bowers Gifford with force and arms and took two of Giffard's horses on which he mounted two of his more than 50 armed rebels to ride against the Queen and Duke in aid of le Despenser, and they were all in Despenser's company until he went overseas, and upon his return Woodham and all his men came to Giffard's house to kill him and his men, and when he could not find them he entered his warren and took hares and rabbits claiming Giffard was the King's and Despenser's enemy and of the Queen's faction. He also requests that a new constable be assigned.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue at the common law if he wishes.
- Places mentioned
- Essex
- Hadleigh, [Essex]
- Bowers Gifford, [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Wodeham (Woodham), constable of Hadleigh castle
- Hugh le Despenser the younger.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition dates to c. 1326-7 since it is addressed to the Queen and Duke.
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.381a (no.18) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518364/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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