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Robert de Bilkemore. de Bilkemore Robert King and council Bilkemore shows that he...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/33/1648
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/33/1648
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Bilkemore.
- Name(s)
- de Bilkemore, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Bilkemore shows that he has been ousted from the bailiwick of the forestry of the West Bailey of the forest of Savernake by Symeon in the 16th year of the king's reign, and he is distrained in his manor of Wick for the arrears of the rent though he has had no profit from the bailiwick. He requests that the king send letters testimonial to the chancellor that he have the bailiwick, and restitution be made to him, and that he have writ of Chancery discharging him of the arrears of the rent until the bailiwick be restored.
- Nature of endorsement
- If the rent of which the petition makes mention is only for the bailiwick, he is to be discharged of the arrearages from the time that the bailiwick was taken by the manner. And upon this let a writ ordering the ministers of the queen that they hold him discharged if they can show no other cause.
- Places mentioned
- Forest of Savernake
- Marlborough, [Wiltshire]
- Wik (East and West Wick), [Wiltshire]
- People mentioned
- Simon Symeon, late Steward of the forest of Savernake
- Thomas de la Rivere, keeper of the forest of Savernake
- Thomas de Hungerford, Bailiff
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the guard to c. 1323.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the petitioner and his wife, see SC 8/37/1826
For a petition by the same petitioner and his wife on a related matter, see SC 8/11/541
For a related petition by the petitioner and his wife, see SC 8/158/7861
For a related petition, see SC 8/63/3118
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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 635
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061845/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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