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Prior and convent of Newstead. King and council. Request for licence to depasture...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/131/6530

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Reference
SC 8/131/6530
Date
[1307]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Newstead.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for licence to depasture sheep and erect buildings inside Sherwood Forest.
Nature of endorsement
Let them have a writ to the justice of the forest.
Places mentioned
Sherwood Forest, [Nottinghamshire]
Newstead Priory, [Nottinghamshire]
Linby, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
Justice of the Forest.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to CCR 1302-7, pp. 494-5.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6230
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), pp.494-495 (resulting writ)
  • 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.6 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208712/

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