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Abbot and convent of Byland. King and council. The abbot and convent as they have...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/204/10190

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Reference
SC 8/204/10190
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Byland.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent as they have had and used the liberty of the chase of Middlesmoor, and have had a forester to keep the venison with the forester of the lords of Mowbray according to a fine made in the king's court, and they were peaceably seised of this until the death of John de Mowbray by whose forfeiture the forest has come into the king's hand and they are disturbed by Cardel and Kilvington, the king's bailiffs and keepers of the forest.
Nature of endorsement
[None, the response is endorsed on SC 8/204/10191].
Places mentioned
Middlesmoor chase, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Nidderdale forest, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
John de Mowbray
Richard de Cardel, bailiff of the king in the forest of Nidderdale
John de Kilvington, bailiff of the king in the forest of Nidderdale.
Note
The petition dates to 1322 as all the associated documents, except the fine, date to August 1322 (SC 8/204/10192-6) and Kilvington was ordered to deliver the forest to the abbot on 9 August 1322 (CCR 1318-23, p.588).
Related material

For the inquisition formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/204/10195

For the writ assigning justices to hold an inquisition into the complaints made in this petition, see SC 8/204/10192

For a writ to the keeper of the forest of Nidderdale, see SC 8/204/10196

For the copy of the fine referred to in this petition, see SC 8/204/10191

For the writ to the keeper of the forest of Middlesmoor, see SC 8/204/10194

For the writ to the sheriff to empanel a jury, see SC 8/204/10193

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.588 (order to Kilvington to deliver the forest to the abbot)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333745/

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