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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Maud le Bere of Nottingham. Bere Maud King and council. Bere shows the many deceits...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E541
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This record is about the Maud le Bere of Nottingham. Bere Maud King and council. Bere shows the many deceits... dating from [c. 1285-c. 1296] 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 8/322/E541
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1285-c. 1296]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Maud le Bere of Nottingham.
- Name(s)
- Bere, Maud
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Bere shows the many deceits and treasons of the king's money and of the hey of Sherwood that Poutrel and his sons have committed and continue to commit:1) Poutrel cut wood in the Bestwood for the weir and mills of the castle but sold the best wood in Nottingham market but entered the same in his account.2) Poutrel ought to have only one cart going to Bestwood for the works of the king, but he has four, each of his sons having a cart.3) Poutrel charges in his account for more people and carts working on the castle than he actually has.4) Where Poutrel has put in his account that he has expended 10 or 20 marks, he has not expended the half.5) Poutrel pays his sons more for carting than others though they have carts with only one horse and they have two.6) He charges more in his account for lead than he has actually expended.7) He similarly overcharges for constructing chimneys [or perhaps 'roads'] as is attested by the masons.8) Poutrel and his sons take timber from the gins of the castle and lead and carry to their own houses in Nottingham.Bere states that all of this waste and destruction is made because Poutrel and his sons have the castle and Bestwood at their will, whereof she requests that this matter can be enquired of by the country and remedy provided.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the petition be sent to the treasurer and barons and they should make the constable come there and let the petitioner sue against them for the king of those complaints, and they should hear etc.
- Places mentioned
- Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire]
- Sherwood
- Beskewod (Bestwood), [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry Poutrel, constable of the castle of Nottingham
- John Poutrel, surveyor, son of Henry Poutrel, porter of the castle
- Robert Poutrel, son of Henry Poutrel
- Henry Poutrel, son of Henry Poutrel
- Geoffrey Poutrel, son and clerk of Henry Poutrel
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1285-1296 on the basis of the hand, and because John Pouterel, son of the constable, and surveyor of the castle was dead by January 1296 (CCR 1296-1302, p.9).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529593/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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