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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Benedict de Lafford, clerk of Sir Hugh Bardolf. de Lafford Benedict King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/328/E894
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This record is about the Benedict de Lafford, clerk of Sir Hugh Bardolf. de Lafford Benedict King and council.... dating from [c. 1290-1304] 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 8/328/E894
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-1304]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Benedict de Lafford, clerk of Sir Hugh Bardolf.
- Name(s)
- de Lafford, Benedict
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk of Sir Hugh Bardolf
- Nature of request
- Lafford requests that an oyer and terminer is granted so that he can have hasty remedy as he sent his plough-teams to plough his land in the vill of Quarrington that he holds from Herdeby, and Gregory and others came and took his plough to his manor in the same vill. When Lafford came to claim it, Gregory killed his palfrey, and mistreated and beat his servant.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should go to the treasurer and make a fine for a writ ad audiendum etc., if he wishes, otherwise obtain justice for himself by the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Quarrington, Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- Hugh Bardolf
- William Gregori (Gregory)
- John de Herdeby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1290-1304 in part on the hand, but also because Hugh Bardolf died in 1304 (Complete Peerage, I, p. 417).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682889/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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