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Robert de Walleye. de Walleye Robert King. Brother Robert de Walleye asks the King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/194/9655

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Reference
SC 8/194/9655
Date
[1309]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Walleye.
Name(s)
de Walleye, Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Brother Robert de Walleye asks the King to give him and the Abbot of Rufford a plot of land called Beyskhale in Sherwood forest, in the Abbot's wood, which they can use for their profit without being challenged for waste; and he asks this so that he can have maintenance without prejudice to the King or his crown.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Rufford, [Nottinghamshire]
Sherwood forest [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
Abbot of Rufford.
Note
Formerly enclosed with no.823 of C 81/66, which is dated 22 November 3 Edward II (1309). This agrees with the dating of C 143/77/20.
Related material

For a mandate to the Chancellor to order an inquisition ad quod damnum on this, see no.823 of C 81/66

For an inquisition into allowing the Abbot and the petitioner to fell trees in this wood, see C 143/77/20

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295541/

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