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Parsons and vicars of the forest of Galtres. King and council. The parsons and vicars...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/11/532

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Reference
SC 8/11/532
Date
[1333]
Description
Petitioners
Parsons and vicars of the forest of Galtres.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The parsons and vicars state that it was granted by Magna Carta that puture should not be demanded from people of the Church by ministers of the Forest because they hold no land except in the glebe of the Church. They request that henceforth puture not be demanded from them.
Nature of endorsement
Coram magno consilio.
Places mentioned
Forest of Galtres, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
Note
The petition is dated to 1334 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.73, making this petitions in parliament in 8 Edward III, though this is a Hale transcript, so the exact date must be treated cautiously.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3605
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. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.75a (no.9) (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. 73-89, no. 9 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060659/

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