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Richard Dammory (Damory). Dammory (Damory) Richard King. Dammory requests that letters...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/244/12199

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Reference
SC 8/244/12199
Date
[1345]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Dammory (Damory).
Name(s)
Dammory (Damory), Richard
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Dammory requests that letters are commanded to the chancellor that neither Dammory or any of his men be put to answer . . . and that the indictments maliciously and wrongly made against them by certain people within the forest can be tried in the king's presence. Dammory has been granted the keeping of the forests in Somerset but he and his men are maliciously indicted.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Somerset.
Note
The petition dates to 1345 as the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed dates to 16 June 1345 [19 Edw. III] (C 81/304/16898).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 16898 in C 81/304

Held by
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/C9439804/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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