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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Crombwell (Cromwell), Justice of Forest north of the Trent. de Crombwell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/83/4145
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/83/4145
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Crombwell (Cromwell), Justice of Forest north of the Trent.
- Name(s)
- de Crombwell (Cromwell), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Justice of Forest north of the Trent
- Nature of request
- Crombwell requests an enquiry as the abbot of St Mary, York has the tithe of venison in the forest of Galtres by gift of the king's ancestors, and the forest is greatly charged by the taking of venison for the king's use and of gifts made to others by him, and that the abbot has in fee the keeping of the forest of Spaunton where the king has no covert or demesne land and no kind of venison except those that stray there, and it seems the Crombwell that it is to the king's profit . . . [The sense of the final part of the petition is not easy to discern because of damage to the petition].
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the justice to enquire by oaths of knights and others of his bailiwick of what damage or nuisance to the king or others this is if the king grants the request and of all other things touching this, and the inquisition is to be returned. Thhe king is to be certified, and it is to be remembered that the abbot was present in parliament when this petition was delivered and assented that a writ be was ordered to enquire of it.
- Places mentioned
- Galtres Forest, [North Riding of Yorkshire]. York
- Spaunton, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Whitby, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Our Lady of York (St Mary).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to 1328 as the grant was made to the abbot of convent of the exchange on 16 August 1328 (CPR 1327-30, p.316).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/11/525
For a related writ, see SC 8/323/E571
For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/154/7656
For a related inquisition, see SC 8/204/10189
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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 1708
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.316 (grant of all the venison in Spaunton Forest in exchange for the tithe of venison in the forest of Galtres following an inquisition by the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148687/
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