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Henry de Maule (Mauley). de Maule (Mauley) Henry King and council. [This petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12957

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Reference
SC 8/260/12957
Date
[? c. 1315-? c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Maule (Mauley).
Name(s)
de Maule (Mauley), Henry
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged and partly illegible.]Henry de Maule states that although his wood of Weston was deforested by the perambulation ordered by the King, the ministers of the Forest have taken a fifth part of it back into the forest. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.The King does not understand that the wood was deforested by the perambulation and . . . this reason the King . . . the bounds of the forest . . . and he wishes the perambulation to hold. And if it is found that his complaint is not true, he is to be punished for the false complaint.And in a similar case the same response was given to all such people.
Places mentioned
Weston [unidentified].
Note
Despite the French endorsement, the hand seems relatively early. A tentative date has been assigned on the basis of these factors.
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/C9516901/

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