William de Thorntoft, parson of the church of Foston. de Thorntoft William King....

Petitioners

William de Thorntoft, parson of the church of Foston.

Name(s)

de Thorntoft, William

Addressees

King.

Occupation

parson of the church of Foston

Nature of request

William de Thorntoft, parson of the church of Fewston, which is within the bounds of the King's forest of Knaresborough, asks that he and his successors might have reasonable estovers, like housebote and haybote, in the forest, as his predecessors had, as he is being prevented from taking them by the King's ministers of the forest.

Nature of endorsement

He is to have [a writ] in Chancery to Miles de Stapelton, the Keeper of the Forest of Knaresborough, or to his lieutenant, to inquire into whether the predecessors of the aforesaid William de Thorntoft, parsons of the same church, were seised of reasonable estovers, like housebote and haybote, in the aforesaid forest, and if so, the aforesaid Miles or his lieutenant is to allow the same William to receive and have reasonable estovers, like housebote and haybote, in the aforesaid forest, as his predecessors had.

Places mentioned

Foston (Fewston), [West Riding of Yorkshire]

Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].

People mentioned

Miles de Stapelton, Keeper of the Forest of Knaresborough.

For a schedule of the response of this petition, see SC 8/320/E428

For a duplicate of this petition with a different response endorsed (the duplicate of the response being on a separate schedule), see SC 8/320/E427

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.485 (order to Miles de Stapelton, in accordance with the terms of the endorsement)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1307, Hilary parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.2 (calendar of petition)