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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Wyvil, Bishop of Salisbury. Wyvil Robert King and council. Bishop of Salisbury...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/9/401
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/9/401
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Wyvil, Bishop of Salisbury.
- Name(s)
- Wyvil, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Salisbury
- Nature of request
- The bishop of Salisbury states that he and his predecessors have from time immemorial had free chase in the wood of Bisshopesbere, and in all their woods and lands and the lands of their men and tenants in Windsor forest until in an Eyre of the Forest in Berkshire in the time of Edward I the wood and free chase were taken into the king's hand for a trespass of Robert, bishop of Salisbury until the bishop had made fine to have the wood back. After that the bishops continued to enjoy the woods and free chance until the third year of the present king's reign, when Roger, then bishop, claimed the franchise in an eyre of the forest, and, because he could produce no better title than that he had enjoyed it from time immemorial, it was taken into the king's hand. He requests that all previous challenges and impeachments concerning the free chase be annulled, and that it be handed over to him. He also requests a charter for this right - since, as his predecessor had the wood, which is the principal right, for the fine that he paid, the accessory right of the franchise should be delivered too.
- Nature of endorsement
- The record and process of the last Eyre of the Forest in Berkshire should be brought into Chancery, and the reason for the seizure into the king's hand; when they have been examined, the Justice of the Forest is to be called if necessary, and justice done according to the Assize of the Forest.
- Places mentioned
- Bisshopesbere wood [unidentified], [Berkshire]
- Windsor Forest, [Berkshire]
- People mentioned
- Robert [Wickhampton], bishop of Salisbury
- Roger [Martival], bishop of Salisbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1337 on the basis of the date given on the petition with reference to CPR 1334-1338, p.435, which is dated at Westminster on April 15 1337. The note notes that it could be a year or two earlier, but not before Roger Martival's death (14 March 1330).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 7840
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.435 (restoration of free chase and liberty to bishop)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.440b, no.43 (full edition of original petition)
- 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. 431-447, no. 43 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060527/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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