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William Quyntyn, Forester of the fee of Grovely in the bailiwick of Clarendon. Quyntyn...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/81/4027
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This record is about the William Quyntyn, Forester of the fee of Grovely in the bailiwick of Clarendon. Quyntyn... dating from [1315] 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 8/81/4027
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Quyntyn, Forester of the fee of Grovely in the bailiwick of Clarendon.
- Name(s)
- Quyntyn, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Forester of the fee of Grovely in the bailiwick of Clarendon
- Nature of request
- Quyntyn requests remedy as Forde and Bonham procured people of the bailiwick of Clarendon to indict him by which he is greatly aggrieved and his bailiwick taken into the king's hand and he cannot recover them by mainprise or ransom because of Forde and Bonham's claims and because Bonham has espoused Despenser's niece.
- Nature of endorsement
- Despenser, late keeper of the Forest is ordered that he certify the king of the reason for the taking of the bailiwick into the king's hand.
- Places mentioned
- Grovely wood, [Wiltshire]
- Clarendon, [Wiltshire]
- Wishford, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Adam de la Forde
- John de Bonham
- Hugh le Despenser, late keeper of the Forest.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1315 as a Latin summary of the petition was enrolled on the parliament roll for the parliament held at Hilary 1315 (Rot. Parl., vol. I, p.319b (no.139)).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition concerning Grovely wood, see SC 8/294/14693
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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 6841
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.319b (no.139) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148567/
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