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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Laurence de Preston. de Preston Laurence King and council. Laurence de Preston states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/202/10054
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This record is about the Laurence de Preston. de Preston Laurence King and council. Laurence de Preston states... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/202/10054
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Laurence de Preston.
- Name(s)
- de Preston, Laurence
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Laurence de Preston states that he holds the manor of Gretton in the Forest of Rockingham in fee farm of the King, and that he and his ancestors have had their wood as part of the manor, and have had housebote and haybote there, without any minister of the forest taking anything from that wood without permission; until the time of Simon de Drayton, Constable of Rockingham castle, who has not allowed him to have housebote and haybote without being attached, and has cut wood in his wood at pleasure. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Constable is to be ordered to allow Lawrence to have housebote and haybote as he should have and as his ancestors had. And with regard to cutting wood in his own wood, he is to have a writ of trespass at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Gretton, [Northamptonshire]
- Rockingham Forest, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Simon de Drayton, Constable of Rockingham castle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CFR 1327-37 p.214 is dated 14 December 1330. This petition probably dates from within a year or two of this.
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.214 (commitment to Simon de Drayton of the keeping of the castle and forest of Rockingham)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333610/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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