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? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward III to Geoffrey le Scrop and the other justices...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14720B

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward III to Geoffrey le Scrop and the other justices... dating from 1331 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/295/14720B
Date
1331
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of Edward III to Geoffrey le Scrop and the other justices of King's Bench, sending them a petition presented to the recent parliament at Westminster by Edward, son and heir of John, son of Osbern Giffard, and ordering them to summon the king's sergeants, to hear the arguments both for the king and for Edward, and to do justice.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Westminster
Stratford-le-Bow, [Middlesex].
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England
Geoffrey le Scrop (le Scrope), justice
Osbern Giffard
John [Giffard], son of Osbern Giffard
Edward [Giffard], son and heir of John, son of Osbern Giffard.
Note
Writ dated at Stratford-le-Bow, 28 April 5 Edward III (1331).
Related material

For petition with which this writ was enclosed, see SC 8/295/14720C

For a related petition, see SC 8/295/14720A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735884/

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