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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Sapy, keeper of the Forest of Dean. de Sapy Robert King. keeper of the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/552
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/12/552
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331-1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Sapy, keeper of the Forest of Dean.
- Name(s)
- de Sapy, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- keeper of the Forest of Dean
- Nature of request
- Sapy requests that the king order a writ to his treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they make due allowance for his farm of the tolls for the upkeep of the forest roads because of the accrual of losses occurred by gifts made by the king and his ancestors. Sapy shows that he used to receive wood for Cheminage, have a weir at Bigsweir, rents from wastes and lands, profits from agistments of beasts, and the tithes from a mine, all of which are diminished or lost because of grants made by the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is ordered that this petition be sent to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, and when they have viewed the things contained in it they are to do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Forest of Dean, [Gloucestershire]
- Bykeswere (Bigsweir), [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- Abbot and convent of Tintern
- Bishop of Llandaff.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to the period between 1331 and 1335 because these were the years through which Sapy held the castle of St Briavels and the Forest of Dean. He received the commitment of the same on 21 December 1330 (CFR 1327-37, p. 211) and was replaced by Guy Brian on 14 October 1335 (CFR 1327-37, p.211).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition relating to the tithes of the iron mine see SC 8/10/498A
For a related document see SC 8/157/7818
For another petition concerning the tithes see SC 8/10/498B
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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 7746
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.32 (calendar)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.211 (commitment during pleasure of the forest of Dean to Sapy)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.84b (no.49) (full edition of a later copy of the original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060688/
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