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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of St Mary's, York King and council Abbot of St Mary's, York The Abbot of St...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2262
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This record is about the Abbot of St Mary's, York King and council Abbot of St Mary's, York The Abbot of St... dating from [1331] 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 8/46/2262
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of St Mary's, York
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Abbot of St Mary's, York
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of St Mary's, York, states that he and his predecessors have had a tithe of venison in the forests of Yorkshire by gift of Henry II, and that John de Crombwell, then Keeper of the Forest north of the Trent, at the procurement of the ministers of the forest of Galtres, petitioned the parliament held at York in the second year of the king's reign that the venison from this forest might be replaced by the venison from the forest of Spaunton. An inquisition ad quod damnum was held, and the king, informed of the results of this at the discussions held at York in the same year, granted this exchange to Abbot Alan, the predecessor of the current Abbot, for five years. However, there is much less venison in the forest of Spaunton than in the forest of Galtres, so he asks that he might either have the tithe from the forest of Galtres again, or the tithe from the forest of Spaunton in perpetuity and permission to purchase £20 worth of land outside his fee in compensation for his past and future losses.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have the venison of the said Forest of Spaunton for the term of another five years.
- Places mentioned
- York
- Yorkshire
- forest of Galtres, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- forest of Spaunton, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- People mentioned
- Henry II, King of England
- John de Crombwell (Cromwell), Keeper of the Forest north of the Trent
- Alan, Abbot of St Mary's, York
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1330-4 p.177 is dated at Westminster, 9 October 1331, and the petition it mentions is clearly this one - although Forest of Pickering pp.258-259 seems to think that it is later, as it mentions a statute against mortmain of 1344. C 143/198/24 is dated to 2 Edward III (25 January 1328 - 24 January 1329) - which agrees with what the petition says.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the inquisition ad quod damnum held at the time of the original exchange, see C 143/198/24
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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 9022
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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 Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.177 (grant to the petitioners of the venison of the Forest of Spaunton for another five years, as a result of their petition)
- The Honor and Forest of Pickering, North Riding Record Society, new series,, Ed. R.B. Turton, (North Riding Record Society, 1896), pp.258-259 (full edition and calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062472/
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