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William Melton, Archbishop of York; Abbot and convent of Fountains and their tenants;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/11/504
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/11/504
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Melton, Archbishop of York; Abbot and convent of Fountains and their tenants; Community of Wharfedale.
- Name(s)
- Melton, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Archbishop of York
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request remedy concerning their lands and tenements which they hold in Wharfedale adjoining the free chase of Knaresborough. They show that King John once drew the lands into the forest, but afterwards disafforested them by his charter. However the foresters make charges upon the petitioners, take their profits from amercements for trespass, and extort corn from each bovate of land in Wharfedale as if their lands were in the forest.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should show the charter in Chancery, which once it has been seen in that place, and the keeper or steward of the forest of Knaresborough that they should cease taking those exactions of puture which they made, and they should not impede the archbishop or the others from doing what they wish with the wood, and they are not to intermeddle in anything which pertains to the forest against the tenor of the charter.
- Places mentioned
- Quervedale (Wharfedale), [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John, King of England
- Foresters of Knaresborough.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Although this should be dated to 1328 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.13 which records that this is from a Hale manuscript of petitions in parliament of 2 Edward III, the petition seems in fact to date from before July 1327 when it is referred to as part of ongoing proceedings over Wharfedale.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of the charter of King John see SC 8/11/505
For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/257/12835
For a related petition see SC 8/257/12832
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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 9006
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), pp.146-7 (writ to the justices to proceed with the matter concerning the forest)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.24b-25a (no.32) (full edition of a later copy of the 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, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp. 13-30, no. 32 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060631/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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