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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Knights, sergeants and others of the commons who have their lands, woods and common...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8589
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This record is about the Knights, sergeants and others of the commons who have their lands, woods and common... dating from [1322-1323] 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 8/172/8589
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322-1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Knights, sergeants and others of the commons who have their lands, woods and common pastures both within and without the king's chase of Leicester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request a writ of the great seal or targe to Squire that he will allow them to enjoy without disturbance their common pasture in the chase, to take housebote and haybote and nuts in their woods, to make amends of trespasses done in their woods, and to have their pigs for them and their men quit of pannage as their ancestors had.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the truth of this be enquired of by certain justices assigned in Chancery, and when the inquisition has been returned let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Leicester, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- Robert Squyer (Squire), forester of the chase of Leicester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1322-1323 as Squire was appointed to the forestership of the 'Frith' of Leicester on 20 April 1322, and was replaced on 8 March 1323 (CPR 1321-4, pp.102, 263).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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 II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), pp.102, 263 (appointments of Squire and of his successor)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294454/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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