Folios: 312v-314. County of Yorkshire. Pleas of claims of liberties and quittances...

Folios: 312v-314. County of Yorkshire. Pleas of claims of liberties and quittances at Pikeryng [Pickering] before Richard de Wylughby [Willoughby], Robert de Hungerford and John de Hambury, justices itinerant assigned for pleas of the forest in the forest of Henry, earl of Lancaster, of Pikeryng [Pickering]:

The dean and chapter of the church of St Peter, York [York Minster]: The dean and chapter claim to have common pasture for themselves, their men and tenants of Farmanby, Kynthorp [Kingthorpe] and Ellerburn in the woods, moors and pastures of the same vills; and for themselves and their men of Wylton [Wilton]; and for themselves, their men and tenants of Allerstan [Allerston] in the woods, moors and pastures of the same vill without giving anything for them. And for themselves, their men and tenants of Farmanby, Kingthorpe and Ellerburn to be quit of pannage at the time of pannage in the woods and moors of the said three vills; for themselves, their men and tenants of Allerstan [Allerston] in the woods and moors of the same vill; for themselves, their men and tenants of Ebreston [Ebberston] in the woods and moors of the same vill; for themselves, their men and tenants of Farmanby, Kingthorpe, Ellerburn, Wilton, Allerston and Ebberston to be quit from fines for dogs not being hambled and from food allowance of all ministers of the forest. And for themselves, their men and tenants of Farmanby to have housebote and haybote and underwood by the assize of the forest to enclose the yard of the ditch of the same vill, and to collect nuts for their estovers in the wood of Farmanby; and for themselves, their men and tenants of Ellerburn in the wood of Ellerburn; and for themselves and their men and tenants of Allerston in the woods there; and for themselves and their men and tenants of Ebberston in the woods there. As regards having common of pasture for themselves, their men and tenants of Farmanby, Kingthorpe and Ellerburn in the woods, moors and pastures of the same vills, and for themselves, their men and tenants of Wilton in Wilton, and for themsleves, their men and tenants of Allerston in Allerston, and for themsleves their men and tenants of Ebberston in Ebberston, without giving anything for this; and for themselves, their men and tenants of Farmanby, Kingthorpe and Ellerburn to be quit of pannage at the time of pannage; and for themselves and their men of Allerston, for themselves, their men and tenants of Ebberston in the woods and moors of the same vills; and for themselves, their men and tenants of Farmanby, Kingthorpe, Ellerburn, Wilton, Allerston and Ebberston to be quit from fines for dogs not being hambled and food allowance of all the ministers of the forest of Pikeryng [Pickering]. They say that Henry, late king of England, gave and granted to St Peter and G., archbishop of York, the churches of Pokelyngton [Pocklington], Driffeld [Driffield], Kylum [KIlham], Pickering, Burgh and Snayd [Snaith] with all their chapels, customs and 'sok and sak' pertaining to them. And he ordered that the said churches should be quit and free in all things and customs so that [the church of] St Peter should hold forever the same churches quit and free from all services, by his charter, which he produces here and it bears witness to this. By virtue of which gift the said G., archbishop, was quit from pannage, fines for dogs not being hambled and food allowance of all ministers, and he had common pasture for himself, his men and tenants in the moors, woods and pastures as if dependant on land in the same vills. And he says that, after an exchange had been made between the said archbishop and the then dean and chapter of York of the said church of Pickering for other lands and tenements, the dean and chapter, for themselves, their men and tenants at that time and all the deans of the said church and chapter from the said time, and they similarly for themselves, their men and tenants, by virtue of the said charter, were quit of pannage, fines for dogs not being hambled and food allowance of ministers in the said vills. And they had common of pasture, as they assert above, without giving anything for this, as if dependant on their land in the said vills. And this they are to prepared to verify, etc. And as regards having for themselves, their men and tenants of Farmanby housebote, haybote and underwood by the assize of the forest to enclose the yard and ditch of the same vill and to collect nuts for their estovers in the woods of Farmanby, and for themselves, their men and tenants of Kingthorpe, Ellerburn, Allerston and Ebberston in the woods of Kingthorpe, Ellerburn, Allerston and Ebberston, they say that they and all the deans of the said church and the chapter, from time out of mind, had housebote, haybote and underwood and collected nuts for their estovers for themselves, their men and tenants in the said places without interruption as if pertaining to their land which they have in the same vills, and this they are prepared to verify, etc.

John de Melsa [Meaux], knight: John de Melsa [Meaux] claims to burn windfallen wood and dry wood in his woods of Levesham [Levisham] and to make charcoal therefrom and to give and sell them at his will. And he says that he and all his ancestors, holding the manor of Levisham, always from time out of mind, burnt windfallen wood and dry wood in their said woods, and they made charcoal therefrom and gave and sold them at their will as if pertaining to the said manor, and this he is prepared to verify, etc.

Held on: Monday next after Michaelmas 8 Edw III.