Folios: 257-259. County of Yorkshire. Pleas of the forest of Henry, earl of Lancaster,...

Folios: 257-259. County of Yorkshire. Pleas of the forest of Henry, earl of Lancaster, of Pikeryng [Pickering], held at Pickering before Richard de Wylughby [Willoughby], Robert de Hungerford and John de Hambury, justices itinerant on this occasion assigned to take pleas of the said forest in Yorkshire: About the presentation at the articles before the said Richard de Wylughby and John de Hambury, justices at Pikeryng [Pickering], 9 Edw III:

David de Neuton [Newton] and Thomas de Neuton [Newton], foresters: They have skinned a certain stag suffering from murrain and retained the hide to their own use, the hide being worth 16d, but by what warrant they do not know. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause them to come.

John de Monemowe [Monmouth], forester: John received from William le Milner of Rossedale [Rosedale] 2s, so that he would permit six oxen of the said William to enter the forest, although not at the prohibited month, to the lord's damage. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause him to come. And that William Gower, forester, took in the hay, by colour of his bailiwick, four oaks there worth 12d for the timber of wagons and carts.

Edmund de Hastynges [Hastings], forester in the place of Petronilla de Kynthorp [Kingthorpe], forester of the fee: By reason of his bailiwick, Edmund had six pigs in the lawn of Dalby. And Hugh de Yeland [Yealand], forester, had within the forest one mare with two colts. Ralph Laysyng, forester, in the hay of Scalby had in the lawn of Dalby eight pigs. Henry de Staynolf, forester, had in the lawn of Dalby there six pigs. Richard de Dalby, late forester there, had there eight pigs. John de Neville, forester of Dalby, had there five pigs. Richard de Helmeslay [Helmsley], forester, had in the hay of Scalby four beasts pasturing the grass by reason of his bailiwick to the lord's damage. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause them to come.

John de Monemouth [Monmouth], late forester: John delivered to Hugh de Hastynges [Hastings] 20 oak branches in Cipplynges in the forest in the lord's demesnes, which he felled for the victuals of wild beasts to build a certain house in Pikeryng [Pickering]. And that Thomas de Hendesley, late forester in the hay of Scalby, by reason of his bailiwick, gave and sold the oak branches to diverse men to the lord's damage. And that Roger le Long of Pickering had eight hogs in the lawn of Dalby, worth 16d, to the lord's damage. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause them to come.

Alice, formerly wife of John Gowere: It is presented that Alice agists all beasts on the moor of Halden in the forest to the lord's damage and the nuisance of the wild beasts, by what warrant they do not know. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause her to come.

The prioress of Rossedale [Rosedale]: It is presented that, five years ago, the prioress appropriated to herself a woodward in her wood of Rossedale [Rosedale], where she never had one, nor did any of her predecessors. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause her to come.

Robert de Morton: It is presented that Stephen and Nicholas, late foresters of this forest, by colour of their bailiwick, took and drove the draught beasts of men of Ebreston [Ebberston] and of the prioress of Yedyngham [Yedingham] out of their pasture of Stoklond in the forest as far as Broxhay [Broxa] outside the forest. And they detained them there without cause until the same prioress had paid to them 6s 8d. And the said men 17s for having them. And that Robert Wygan, late forester, took and drove the draught beasts of the men of the same vill as far as Hakenesse [Hackness]. And they detained them there without cause until the said men paid him 13s 4d by extortion. And that Henry de Foulshawe distrained Thomas Smert and Hugh Maldsone and several others collecting wood, asserting that he was the forester when he was not. And so he attached 18 women of Ebreston [Ebberston] for burning rye, and he took from each of the said women 1d for delivering their pledges. Therefore the sheriff is ordered cause them to come.

Stephen de Brigham and Nicholas de Everle [Everley], late foresters of this forest: It is presented that Stephen and Nicholas, late foresters of this forest, by colour of their bailiwick, took and drove the draught beasts of men of Ebreston [Ebberston] and of the prioress of Yedyngham [Yedingham] out of their pasture of Stoklond in the forest as far as Broxhay [Broxa] outside the forest. And they detained them there without cause until the same prioress had paid to them 6s 8d. And the said men 17s for having them. And that Robert Wygan, late forester, took and drove the draught beasts of the men of the same vill as far as Hakenesse [Hackness]. And they detained them there without cause until the said men paid him 13s 4d by extortion. And that Henry de Foulshawe distrained Thomas Smert and Hugh Maldsone and several others collecting wood, asserting that he was the forester when he was not. And so he attached 18 women of Ebreston [Ebberston] for burning rye, and he took from each of the said women 1d for delivering their pledges. Therefore the sheriff is ordered cause them to come.

The preceptor of Foukbrigg [Foulbridge]: It is presented that the preceptor of Foukbrigg [Foulbridge], which is of the prior of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, agists all kinds of beasts of strangers at Foulbridge within the limits of the forest, which is to the nuisance of the wild beasts and the lord's damage, by what warrant they do not know. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause him to come.

Gilbert de Aton [Ayton]: It is presented that Gilbert takes honey, which was found in 8 Edw III, being in two nests in his woods of Hoton [Hutton] and Troucedale, at the estimation of one gallon of honey and four pounds of wax, by what warrant they do not know. Therefore the sheriff is ordered that he causes him to come.

John de Melsa, knight, lord of Levesham [Levisham]: The 12 jurors of this forest say that the said John commonly holds men making and burning coal from windfallen wood and dry wood in the woods of the same John of Levesham [Levisham], which is now within the limits of the said forest, and he put out that coal for sale to the lord's damage and the nuisance of the wild beasts of the same forest, by what warrant they do not know. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause him to come.

A bridge called Frerebrigg: The jurors present that a certain bridge called Frerebrigg across the river of Costa [Costa Beck], by which men used to cross from Pikeryng [Pickering] to Malton by horse and on foot, is now so ruined and broken that the said men cannot cross there, but go round by another place through that forest for the distance of one mile, to the nuisance and trampling down and consumption of the pasture of the wild beasts of the earl of the said forest, and the abbot of Ryvevall [Rievaulx], and all the abbots of the said place are held to repair it. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to make him come.

The prior of Bridlyngton [Bridlington]: The jurors present that the current prior of Bridlyngton [Bridlington] has rebuilt a certain sheepfold at Neulond in the forest of the length of 100 feet and the width of 12 feet, to the nuisance of the lord's wild beasts of the said forest, by what warrant they do not know. The sheepfold was knocked down by judgement in the last eyre of this forest. Therefore the sheriff is ordered to cause him to come, etc.

Held on: Monday next after Michaelmas 8 Edw III.