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People of Lancashire. King. The people of Lancashire state that King John, when he...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/8/362

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Reference
SC 8/8/362
Date
[1324-1325]
Description
Petitioners
People of Lancashire.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The people of Lancashire state that King John, when he was Count of Mortain, granted to them that they and their heirs could assart, sell and give their own woods at will, and that they might be quit of regard of the forest; and likewise that they could hunt hare and fox, and all manner of game except stags, hinds, roe-bucks, and wild pigs, everywhere within the forest in the said county, except in his demesne hays. He confirmed this charter in the first year of his reign, and King Henry confirmed these charters in the thirteenth year of his reign. They request that the king confirm them, and command his ministers in those parts not to harass them on these matters.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.They are to come to Chancery, and show their charters and confirmations, and the king will consider this further.
Places mentioned
Lancashire.
People mentioned
John, Count of Mortain and King of England
Henry III, King of England.
Note
Date given on the evidence of Rot. Parl. JRS Phillips (PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337) says that these petitions probably all do belong to 18 Edward II, although there is no indication that they were presented either at the non-parliamentary assembly of October 1324 or the parliament of June 1325.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5356
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.421a, no.17 (full edition of a later copy of the original document)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp. 416-429, no. 17 (summary of references)
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