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Roger la Waire. Waire Roger King. Waire requests that an enquiry be held concerning...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13679

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SC 8/274/13679
Date
[c. 1285-1302]
Description
Petitioners
Roger la Waire.
Name(s)
Waire, Roger
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Waire requests that an enquiry be held concerning the wood of Rusthamgore which lies in the forest of Savernake and which pertains to his manor of Rushall, and which was taken into the hand of King John. It has not been possible to recover it and he requests that the king will give his grace on this.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Rushall, Wiltshire
Rusthamgore [unidentified], [Wiltshire]
Savernake forest, [Wiltshire].
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1285-1302 on the basis of the hand and because the petition cannot be later than 1302 as the petitioner received a licence to grant the manor away for life on 18 July 1302 (CPR 1301-7, p.44).
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 I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.44 (licence after inquisition ad quod damnum for the petitioner to grant the manor to Roger de Stok and Alice his wife for their lives)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517626/

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