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Minister and brethren of the house of St Robert of Knaresborough. King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E511

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This record is about the Minister and brethren of the house of St Robert of Knaresborough. King and council.... dating from [1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/322/E511
Date
[1307]
Description
Petitioners
Minister and brethren of the house of St Robert of Knaresborough.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The minister and brethren request that they be allowed to dig turves in the forest of Knaresborough without impediment as they were granted this by Earl Edmund as part of the common rights that they had with lands that they have in the vills of Pannal and Hampsthwaite, which vills they had in exchange for the manor of Rawcliffe. The steward now disturbs them amerces their tenants for digging turves. If it pleases the king they will gladly surrender these lands for the manor of Rawcliffe.
Nature of endorsement
The petition is to be transcribed and handed to Stapelton, so that he, or his brother, appear at the Exchequer on the morrow of Easter to inform the treasurer and barons about the contents. The brethren are to appear at the same day. A writ of Chancery is to be drawn upon this to Stapelton, and one to the treasurer and barons that after hearing the arguments, they are to do what is just.A like petition with a like answer was delivered to Cambridge who is suing on behalf of the brethren on 23 February.Let it be put amongst the petitions to be delivered to the Exchequer.
Places mentioned
Pannal, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Hampsthwaite, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Rawcliffe, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Edmund [of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall
Miles de Stapelton, steward of Knaresborough
Nicholas de Cantebr' (Cambridge).
Note
The petition is dated to 1307 as a Latin summary of the petition was transcribed in the vetus codex from the Hillary parliament of 1307 held at Carlisle (PROME, Vetus Codex 1307, Text/Translation, no.78).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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), Vetus Codex 1307, appendix, no.78 (full edition and translation)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529563/

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