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John de Ridwale (Ridware). de Ridwale (Ridware) John King and council. Ridwale requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/70/3454

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This record is about the John de Ridwale (Ridware). de Ridwale (Ridware) John King and council. Ridwale requests... dating from [c. 1330-c. 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/70/3454
Date
[c. 1330-c. 1350]
Description
Petitioners
John de Ridwale (Ridware).
Name(s)
de Ridwale (Ridware), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Ridwale requests a writ to certain people to enquire of 40 acres of waste which was one of many parcels of waste arrented by Richard Oysel by command of Edward I. Oysel returned that he had let the land to Ridwale's grandfather but none of the Ridwales have ever had it or alienated it, but the sheriff of Nottingham continues to charge them the rent.
Nature of endorsement
Let certain people be assigned to enquire of the things contained in the petition, and if it is found by inquisition that certain others occupy the 40 acres that they be charged of the farm for the times that they have occupied it. And if no other be found to occupy it then Ridwale should have the same lands at his will and the charge remain.
Places mentioned
Sherwood Forest
Bulwelleris (Bulwell Rise), [Nottinghamshire]
People mentioned
Richard Oysel
Thomas de Ridewale (Ridware), grandfather of the petitioner
John de [Ridewale (Ridware)], father of the petitioner.
Note
The petition is dated on the guard to c. 1330-c. 1350, but with a note to the effect that it probably dates to c. 1366, this being the date of a reference to the petitioner in the fine rolls (CFR 1356-69, p.344). Whilst this latter reference certainly proves the petitioner to be alive in 1366, it does not allow a good basis to narrow the dating as the guard has done, and the wider range is safer.
Related material

For another earlier petition concerning the same enclosures, see SC 8/315/E189

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6908
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107225/

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