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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Pundreham (Powderham); Hugh de Pundreham (Powderham), brother of John de...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/272/13562
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This record is about the John de Pundreham (Powderham); Hugh de Pundreham (Powderham), brother of John de... dating from [1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/272/13562
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Pundreham (Powderham); Hugh de Pundreham (Powderham), brother of John de Powderham; Thomas de Radeweye (Radway); Robert de Hackeworth (Hackworthy).
- Name(s)
- de Pundreham (Powderham); de Pundreham (Powderham); de Radeweye (Radway); de Hackeworth (Hackworthy), John; Hugh; Thomas; Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Pundreham and the other petitioners request that certain people be assigned to enquire of the trespass that they are alleged to have made by the chief keeper of the forest of Dartmoor, and that they can be mainprised, as they were taken as they passed on the road through the forest and have been imprisoned at Corfe for two years.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the keeper of Corfe Castle be written to by writ of Chancery that he should deliver the petitioners to the sheriff of Dorset, and that by another writ to the sheriff that he bring them before the treasurer and barons in the quindene of Easter to make fine by redemption. And Sweynseye is to be summoned to be there to certify to the treasurer and barons of all the acts of the petitioners.
- Places mentioned
- Dartmoor, [Devon]
- Exeter, [Devon]
- Tavistock, [Devon]
- Lidford, [Devon]
- Corfe Castle, [Dorset].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Sweyneseye, chief keeper of the forest of Dartmoor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1305 as the constable of Corfe was ordered to release the petitioners and others on their finding sufficient mainprise (CCR 1302-7, p.253).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.253 (order to the constable of Corfe to release the petitioners and others on their finding sufficient mainprise to be before the king at the next parliament)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517509/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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