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William Hereford of Berkhamsted. Hereford William King. Hereford requests that the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/314/E124

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Reference
SC 8/314/E124
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
William Hereford of Berkhamsted.
Name(s)
Hereford, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Hereford requests that the king will confirm the charter of the late earl of Cornwall granting him the keeping of the park of Berkhamsted for life with 5d. ob. a day and a gown and windfall wood.
Nature of endorsement
To the Exchequer by order of the king.S [Exchequer].
Places mentioned
Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire].
People mentioned
Edmund [of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall
Walter de Ayllesbyr (Aylesbury).
Note
The petition is dated to 1302 as the petition belongs to an original file of petitions returned to the Exchequer from the summer parliament of 1302. For a confirmation of this dating, see SC 8/314/E107.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see: SC 8/51/2545

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.61 (confirmation in accordance with the petitioner's request)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.2 (summary of this file)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529175/

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