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Clement de la Forde, bailiff of the High Peak. Forde Clement King. High Peak, [Derbyshire]...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/233/11627

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This record is about the Clement de la Forde, bailiff of the High Peak. Forde Clement King. High Peak, [Derbyshire]... dating from [1308] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/233/11627
Date
[1308]
Description
Petitioners
Clement de la Forde, bailiff of the High Peak.
Name(s)
Forde, Clement
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
High Peak, [Derbyshire]
Devon.
Nature of request
Forde requests allowance in the debt that he owes for his farm as the late king commanded him to send miners to Devon by which the mine workings in the High Peak are ruined, and he had been granted the thirteenth load from the mine pertaining to his farm of the Peak and has not been able to levy it.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
The petition appears to date to 1308 when the petitioner ceased to be bailiff of the High Peak (CCR 1307-13::p.74). However, the petition clearly refers to the petitioner being commanded to send miners to Devon by the late king, and yet the order seems to have been made on 25 March 1308, though it is possible that Edward II ordered additional miners to Devon (CCR 1307-13::p.27).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Debt
Farming
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), pp.27, 74 (order to the petitioner to send minors to Devon, and reference to petitioner being late bailiff of the High Peak)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335186/

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