Folios: 315-318. County of Yorkshire. Pleas of claims of liberties and quittances...

Folios: 315-318. 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]:

Henry de Percy: Henry claims to hold the manor of Semere [Seamer] with its woods outside the regard of the forest of Pikeryng [Pickering], and to have a woodward in his woods, carrying a bow and arrows, to present what should be presented about hunting only, and free warren in the said manor in all places, and to hunt there and take foxes, hares, roebucks, cats and badgers within the said manor, both within the coppice and outside, and to uproot heath on the moor of Seamer, and to sell and give that at his will, and to have at his woods of Seamer forges and mines, cow-pastures and sheepfolds at his will, and to agist and have agistment within his said manor in all places, namely in woods, moors and elsewhere within the said manor, and to cut, give and sell his wood within his said manor without view of the foresters at his will. And Henry puts in his place John de Shireburn [Sherburn] in the said dispute and other pleas and complaints moved for him or against him, or to be moved against anyone, during the eyre. Afterwards the king sent to the justices his writ close [recited], ordering the justices that they should not trouble or harm Henry de Percy, who is staying in the king's obedience by his order in the parts of Berwick upon Tweed, etc, in any way, or hold any plea as long as Henry stands in the king's obedience, and that all pleas and other things concerning him in the said eyre should remain in the same state in which they are now until Easter next to come. The writ was witnessed by the king at Westminster on 27 Sep 8 Edw III. And by virtue of this writ the dispute is to remain until Easter in the same state in which it now is, etc. Afterwards, on Monday next after the month of Easter at Pikeryng [Pickering], before Richard de Wylughby [Willoughby] and John de Hambury, justices, Henry de Percy came by his attorney and, by virtue of letters of the said earl of Lancaster, a day is given until Tuesday next after three weeks of Michaelmas, etc. On which day at Pickering, before Richard de Wylughby and John de Shardelowe, justices, Henry came by his said attorney, and a day is given to him until Thursday next after the octave of the Purification of the Blessed Mary, etc. On which day at Pickering, before John de Hambury and Richard de la Pole in the place of the said John de Shardelowe, justices, etc, Henry de Percy came by his said attorney. And then by another letter of the same earl, etc, a day is given to Henry by his said attorney until Wednesday next after the feast of the Ascension at Pickering, etc. On which day that dispute remained without day by the absence of the justices, being elsewhere at the king's command. Upon which the king sent a writ close [recited] afterwards to his justices. Whereas, at the request of Henry, earl of Lancaster, the king appointed Richard de Wylughby, Robert de Hungerford and John de Hambury and also John de Shardelowe, three and two of them, as justices itinerant for pleas of the forest of the earl of Pickering from the time when Edmund, late earl of Lancaster, last held pleas there, etc. And subsequently understanding that John de Shardelowe cannot travel together with Richard de Wylughby, Robert and John, two or one of them, to do [the premises], the king appointed Richard de la Pole in his place, etc, the king, having consideration and wishing that the same pleas and processes do not perish, etc, commanded the said justices that they should give the king's writ under their testimony to the said Richard de Wylughby, the sheriff of Yorkshire, in mandates that the said pleas and processes [should be] before them, three or two of them, at Pickering at some certain day which they consider should be assigned for this in the same state as they were at the said Wednesday next after the feast of the Ascension, and also that the parties which those pleas and processes concern should be resummoned and reattached, and that they hold the said eyre at that day and carry out all the said pleas and processes and any other things, etc. The writ is witnessed by the king at Leicester on 1 Oct 10 Edw III. By pretext of which writ the sheriff of Yorshire was ordered to cause Henry Percy to be resummoned to be before the justices at Pickering on Monday next after the feast of St Andrew the Apostle, etc. On which day the said pleas and processes remained without day by absence of the justices. On which Monday next after the feast of St Andrew the Apostle at Pickering, before Richard de Wylughby and John de Hambury, justices, Henry de Percy, etc, came by his attorney, and produces a certain writ close of the king [recited], regarding Henry de Percy, who was then in the king's obedience in the parts of Scotland, which writ is witnessed by the king at Stryvelyn [Stirling] on 10 Nov 10 Edw III. By virtue of which writ a day is given to Henry de Percy until Easter, etc. Within which term, at Pickering, on Monday in the second week of Lent, Henry de Percy came by his said attorney. And the king sent to the said justices his writ close [recited], regarding Henry de Percy, which writ was witnessed at Westminster on 10 Mar 11 Edw III. By virtue of which writ a day is given to Henry until Michaelmas, etc. Within which term, at Pickering, on Monday next after the feast of St Matthew the Apostle, Henry de Percy came by his said attorney. And the king sent to the justices his writ close [recited], regarding the said Henry, which writ was witnessed by the king at Staunford [Stamford] on 28 Jun 11 Edw III. By virtue of which writ a day is given to Henry by his said attorney until Christmas at Pickering, etc. Afterwards, at Pickering, on Monday next before Palm Sunday 12 Edw III, Henry de Percy came by his attorney. And a day is given to him until Tuesday next after the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, etc. On which Tuesday, at Pickering, Henry de Percy came in person to bring forward his claims, and he says that he and all his ancestors, holding the manor of Seamer from time out of mind, held the same manor outside the regard of the said forest, and had a woodward carrying a bow and arrows, and to present what should be presented about hunting only, and they had free warren in the said manor in all places, and there hunted and took foxes, hares, roebucks, cats and badgers, both within the coppice and outside, and they uprooted the heath on the moor of Seamer, and they sold and gave it at their will. And they had in the woods of Seamer forges and mines, cow-pastures and sheepfolds, and they agisted and had agistment within the said manor of Seamer without view of the foresters at their will in all places in woods, moors and elsewhere within the said manor, and they cut down and gave and sold their wood within the said manor without view of the foresters at their will without interruption, and this he is prepared to verify.

Held on: Monday next after Michaelmas 8 Edw III.