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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Wilford, clerk of Chancery, parson of Ardingly and prebendary of Hampstead....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15950
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This record is about the Thomas de Wilford, clerk of Chancery, parson of Ardingly and prebendary of Hampstead.... dating from [1378] 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 8/337/15950
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Wilford, clerk of Chancery, parson of Ardingly and prebendary of Hampstead.
- Name(s)
- de Wilford, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- clerk of Chancery; parson of Ardingly; prebendary of Hampstead
- Nature of request
- Thomas de Wilford requests that he be pardoned the eight marks due from him for his benefice towards the two tenths granted to the king by the clergy. He has suffered great losses and been forced to sell all his goods to pay his ransom after he was captured by the king's enemies during their attack on Rottingdean, in which his valet was killed.
- Nature of endorsement
- He shall have pardon of the eight marks for the reasons given.
- Places mentioned
- Erthyngleye (Ardingly), [Sussex]
- Hempstede (Hampstead, Hamstead) prebend, [Hampshire]
- Chichester, [Sussex]
- Sussex
- Rottingdean, [Sussex]
- Lewes, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- John de Walsyngham, valet of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested pardon was granted on 14 May 1378 (CCR 1377-81, p.135).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.135 (requested pardon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529702/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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