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Abbot and convent of Fountains Abbey. King and council. The abbot and convent of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/280/13955

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Reference
SC 8/280/13955
Date
[? 1316-? 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Fountains Abbey.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent of Fountains Abbey request remedy because they hold Stainburn and the moiety of Rigton in Wharfedale of Lisle, lord of Harewood, confirmed by the King's progenitors, which lands the King [had put] in forest and then deforested by his charter, and charged the abbot and his tenants of Stainburn and Rigton with puture and prevented him from clearing ground and making profit from the woods in his lordship, and the abbot is made to amerce those who trespass in his wood in the King's court of Knaresborough, and for other grievances done to him and his tenants in his lordship, as if Stainburn and the moiety of Rigton were in the forest and lordship of Knaresborough, when they are not.
Nature of endorsement
The charter should be shown in Chancery and then, if Stainburn etc. is in Wharfedale, the keeper or steward of the Forest of Knaresborough should be ordered to cease the exactions of puture and not to impede the abbot doing as he pleases with his animals, and not to do anything contrary to the tenure of the charter.
Places mentioned
Fountains Abbey, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Stainburn, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
Rigton, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
Wharfedale, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
Harewood, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
[Walter] del Isle (Lisle).
Note
There is no date on the guard. The index identifies the abbot in question as probably Walter de Cokewold who held the office from 1316 until 1330.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Royal letters 4607
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517903/

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