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Geoffrey Beneyt (Bennet), usher of the Receipt. Beneyt (Bennet) Geoffrey King. usher...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1396
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This record is about the Geoffrey Beneyt (Bennet), usher of the Receipt. Beneyt (Bennet) Geoffrey King. usher... dating from [1308-c. 1320] 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 8/346/E1396
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1308-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey Beneyt (Bennet), usher of the Receipt.
- Name(s)
- Beneyt (Bennet), Geoffrey
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- usher of the Receipt
- Nature of request
- [Petition in three parts:]1) Beneyt requests the grant of the tenements in Dunton in the hands of the king by the minority of Gerounde for the extent;2) or the two parts of the manor of Caldecote that are in the king's hand by the forfeiture of Robert de Bruce;3) or Uttlesford hundred, or Hinckford hundred for the extent, to be rendered at the Exchequer, and to be held for life.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Dodington (Dunton), Buckinghamshire
- Caldecote, Huntingdonshire
- Odelesford hundred (Uttlesford Hundred), Essex
- Hinckford hundred, Essex.
- People mentioned
- John Gerounde.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition that was probably part of an original file with this petition, see SC 8/346/E1399
For a letter that was probably part of an original file with this petition, see SC 8/346/E1394
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.129, 198, 349 (two orders to the escheator beyond the Trent to take into the king's hand the land of John Gerounde (Edrounde), and a grant of a different hundred in Leicestershire to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736820/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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