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John de Countevile, keeper of the chase and warren in the Isle of Wight. de Countevile...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12064

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Reference
SC 8/242/12064
Date
[1334]
Description
Petitioners
John de Countevile, keeper of the chase and warren in the Isle of Wight.
Name(s)
de Countevile, John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
keeper of the chase and warren in the Isle of Wight
Nature of request
Counteville requests a commission of oyer and terminer of the trespasses committed by Viryleyne, Wyvile and Someter, assaulting his forester and taking a doe and rabbits from the chase and warren.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]Justices Inge, West, Godeli and Mere or two or three of them.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Isle of Wight, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
Walter de Horford, forester of the petitioner
Robert Viryleyne
Robert de Wyvile, son of Robert de Wyvile
John le Someter
John Inge, justice
Thomas West, justice
Ellis de Godeli, justice
John de Mere, justice.
Note
The petition dates to 1334 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed and the commission of oyer and terminer that resulted both date to 24 September 1334 [8 Edw. III] (C 81/217/8177).
Related material

For the Chancery Warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 8117 in C 81/217

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.64 (commission of oyer and terminer into the matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439667/

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