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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Geoffrey de Welleford (Welford), clerk of Chancery. de Welleford (Welford) Geoffrey...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E790
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This record is about the Geoffrey de Welleford (Welford), clerk of Chancery. de Welleford (Welford) Geoffrey... dating from [? 1313] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/327/E790
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1313]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey de Welleford (Welford), clerk of Chancery.
- Name(s)
- de Welleford (Welford), Geoffrey
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk of Chancery
- Nature of request
- Welleford states that he holds a messuage near New Temple which escheated into the hand of the king because of the lands of the Templars, and he requests that the king say his will concerning the timber of a house within his close that the master of the Temple began to build, the greater part of which wood has been stolen and burnt by the men of great lords who reside in the Temple, and the remainder is stolen from day to day.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- New Temple, London.
- People mentioned
- Master of the Temple.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1313 as it seems likely that the petition dates closely to an entry in the close rolls, though that entry does not seem to be in direct response to the petition (CCR 1307-13, p. 532).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/267/13322
For a petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/148/7395
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.532 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to acquit the petitioner of the rent from this property)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682785/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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