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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Geoffrey Ridel (Riddell). Ridel (Riddell) Geoffrey King and council. Ridel requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1127
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This record is about the Geoffrey Ridel (Riddell). Ridel (Riddell) Geoffrey King and council. Ridel requests... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/334/E1127
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey Ridel (Riddell).
- Name(s)
- Ridel (Riddell), Geoffrey
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Ridel requests that a remedy is ordained so that he is not troubled or entangled by the allegations of his petit tenants as his father has given the king and his council to understand that the petitioner does not have any estate in his land of Wittering, nor in the advowson of the church there except at the will of the king, when the petitioner was enfeoffed of the same by his father of the same and has continued in possession of the same peacefully for 23 years, and after the war when his father returned to the king's peace he made a quitclaim to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- The petitioner came before the council and brought his charter of feoffment which was given at Wittering and bore the date Saturday 20th September 1292, and because the land contained in the petition was not seized into the hand of the king, the petitioner should have and hold it together with the advowson, and should leave without a day.
- Places mentioned
- Wittering, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh Ridel (Riddell), father of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1315 as the charter of feoffment is dated to September 1312 and the petitioner refers to his peaceful seisin for 23 years after the feoffment.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by Hugh Riddell, though apparently the son of the petitioner here, see SC 8/13/645
For a petition of the petitioner's father, see SC 8/326/E739
For the petition by the petitioner's father which apparently prompted this petition, see SC 8/138/6852
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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/C9683252/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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