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Edmund Dacre, forester. Dacre Edmund King. forester Dacre complains that the king's...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5347

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This record is about the Edmund Dacre, forester. Dacre Edmund King. forester Dacre complains that the king's... dating from [c. 1323] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/107/5347
Date
[c. 1323]
Description
Petitioners
Edmund Dacre, forester.
Name(s)
Dacre, Edmund
Addressees
King.
Occupation
forester
Nature of request
Dacre complains that the king's chase of Bowland has been assessed at £4 a year, whereas it was previously acknowledged to be waste.
Nature of endorsement
Let the sheriff and John de Lancaster survey the park and find if it would be to the profit of the king for the park to be assessed, and to certify the exchequer accordingly.
Places mentioned
Bowland Forest, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Reddom (Radholme Laund), [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
William Tatham
John de Lancaster
sheriff of Yorkshire.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1323 on the basis of a reference to the petitioner in the office of forest of Bowland in CCR 1323-7, p. 22.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2852
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149917/

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