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Margaret Giffard, widow of John Giffard. Giffard Margaret King and council. Margaret,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15555
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/311/15555
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret Giffard, widow of John Giffard.
- Name(s)
- Giffard, Margaret
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Margaret, widow of John Giffard, requests remedy because 200 acres of wood in the manor of Welles, which she and her husband purchased jointly, were seized into the King's hand when her husband was adjudged an enemy and rebel for his part in the dispute against the Despensers.
- Nature of endorsement
- Sufficient persons should be assigned in Chancery to enquire in the presence of the said keeper into what estate John and Margaret had in the toft, and if John alone held the wood (for example, if Margaret quitclaimed it to him or granted it to him for life), or if John demised it without Margaret's permission, and into any other necessary circumstances in this matter. The inquisition should be returned in Chancery so that further justice can be done.
- Places mentioned
- Brimpsfield, [Gloucestershire]
- Welles, Gloucestershire.
- People mentioned
- John Gyffard (Giffard) of Brimpsfield
- [Hugh le] Despenser [the elder]
- [Hugh le] Despenser [the younger].
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.122 (order to deliver to petitioner 200 acres of wood pertaining to manor of Welles)
- Proceedings against the Crown (1216-1377), Ludwik Ehrlich, (, 1921), p.260 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682565/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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