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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alary Perseay, former forester in the forest of Mendip. Perseay Alary King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/65/3234
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/65/3234
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alary Perseay, former forester in the forest of Mendip.
- Name(s)
- Perseay, Alary
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- forester in the forest of Mendip
- Nature of request
- Alary Perseay makes two petitions:1) He complains that when he caught certain people [whom he names], killing the king's game in the Forest of Mendip, when the king was in Gascony, they beat and wounded him. He requests honourable sustenance.2) He states that the forest cannot be kept as it ought because the foresters live on the country and buy their bailiwicks, whereas they should be paid by their master, the keeper under the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The justices of the Forest are to be ordered to inquire into the misdeeds, and justice is to be done; and concerning the other petitions, the king will take council on them. This business has been expedited.
- Places mentioned
- Honppulle (Huntspill), [Somerset]
- Forest of Mendip, Somerset
- Gascony, [France]
- Nyweton (North Newton), [Somerset]
- Petherton Park, [Somerset]
- Bridgwater, [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- John le Waleys (Wallace)
- John de Wyk
- Richard de Woky (Wookey)
- Robert de Bekyngham
- Robert Dabetot
- Nicholas le Vorester (Forester)
- William Crok, parson of Huntspill
- Geoffrey de Batecumbe
- William ate Forde
- Philip [ate Forde], brother of William ate Forde
- Ralph le Deneys
- Henry [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 'c. 1290' with reference to the king in Gascony.
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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 6615
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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/C9106998/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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