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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The poor people of the forest of Macclesfield. King The people show that whereas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/578
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This record is about the The poor people of the forest of Macclesfield. King The people show that whereas... dating from [? 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/12/578
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The poor people of the forest of Macclesfield.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The people show that whereas the king's mother holds the forest of Macclesfield of the king's inheritance, it is being wasted in many ways by Thomas de Hampton, the bailiff of Macclesfield including the taking of deer and oaks, and the prevention of the indictment of certain men at the eyre held at Macclesfield in the 7th year of the king's reign to the disinheritance of the king, and the destruction of his people which is able to be shown and attested by the foresters and his other people. The people request that the king in haste order some of his faithful subjects to enquire of the wrongs and disinheritance made against him, and that his people are able to have remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the petition be shown to the queen, and that she be advised by her council.
- Places mentioned
- Macclesfield Forest, [Cheshire]
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Hompton (Hampton), bailiff of Macclesfield.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1335 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.90, noting these to be petitions in parliament for 9 Edward III.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a near contemporary petition by the same petitioners on a related matter see SC 8/12/577
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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 5732
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.94b-95b (no.22) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060716/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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