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John de Handlo de Handlo John King and council Handlo requests that he be discharged...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/50/2494

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This record is about the John de Handlo de Handlo John King and council Handlo requests that he be discharged... dating from [c. 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/50/2494
Date
[c. 1315]
Description
Petitioners
John de Handlo
Name(s)
de Handlo, John
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Handlo requests that he be discharged from a quarter of his farm as Cauntelo has sued for a grant of the wood of Claydon which amounts to a quarter of the forest of Bernwood for which he has the keeping rendering 50s. to the steward of the forest.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Bernwood forest, [Buckinghamshire]
Claydon, [Buckinghamshire]
People mentioned
Nicholas de Cauntelo
Note
The petition is likely to date to c. 1315 as Handlo was certainly active as keeper of the forest at this time (CFR 1307-19, pp.228, 229; CCR 1313-18, p.187).
Related material

For a later petition referring to Handlo see SC 8/50/2473

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4128
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), pp.228, 229 (grants to Handlo of waste in the forest of Bernwood)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062708/

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