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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Leycestre (Leicester), keeper of the manor and parks of Windsor, and the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/193/9634
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/193/9634
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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
- Thomas de Leycestre (Leicester), keeper of the manor and parks of Windsor, and the parkers of the parks of Windsor.
- Name(s)
- de Leycestre (Leicester), Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- keeper of the manor and parks of Windsor; parkers of the parks of Windsor
- Nature of request
- Thomas de Leycestre, keeper of the manor and parks of Windsor, and the parkers of these parks, state that on the Saturday of the feast of St Bartholomew last, John de Trotesworth and others came into Windsor Old Park with bows and arrows and with hounds, and attacked Thomas le Parker, chasing him up a tree so that he escaped with difficulty; and he wounded John de Trotesworth in self-defence. They ask the King to ordain a swift remedy, so that this trespass does not go unpunished, as there are many common malefactors in the park.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- Hamme (Ham Fields), [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Trotesworth
- Thomas Seyn of Ham Fields
- Robert [de Trotesworth]
- Richard de Trotesworth
- John de Ahshurst (Ashurst)
- Hugh [de Wodeham]
- Reginald de Wodeham
- William le Newe
- Thomas le Parker, parker of Windsor Old Park.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no. 1969 of C 81/155, which is dated 28 June, 2 Edward III (1328).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a mandate to the Chancellor to take advice on this and to provide remedy as an example to other malefactors, see no. 1969 of C 81/155
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295520/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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