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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
SC 8/33/1648
Date
[c. 1323]
Description
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
Note
Tentatively dated on the guard to c. 1323.
Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 635
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061845/

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