Piece
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
John de Castre; William de Mulcastre (Muncaster); Gilbert de Culwenn' (Culwen); John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/323/E573
What’s it about?
This record is about the John de Castre; William de Mulcastre (Muncaster); Gilbert de Culwenn' (Culwen); John... dating from [1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/323/E573
-
Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
- Petitioners
- John de Castre; William de Mulcastre (Muncaster); Gilbert de Culwenn' (Culwen); John de Lucy; Alexander de Bastonthwayt (Bassenthwaite); Andrew de Harcla.
- Name(s)
- de Castre; de Mulcastre (Muncaster); de Culwenn' (Culwen); de Lucy; de Bastonthwayt (Bassenthwaite); de Harcla, John; William; Gilbert; John; Alexander; Andrew
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that they be acquitted of the demand made upon them out of the pipe of the Exchequer for their periods as sheriff for 10 marks of issues from the forest of Carlisle that ought to be rendered at the exchequer of Carlisle and that the executors of Vescy the chief forester be charged with it, and Michael Harcla be acquitted of 100 marks for the ten years that he was sheriff. The office of hereditary forester came into the king's hand by forfeiture for Multon's participation in de Montfort's war against Henry III, and the office has been in the gift of the justices, and the sum neglected since that time.Copy of a writ to the sheriff of Cumberland on the matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should await the coming of the treasurer.
- Places mentioned
- Cumberland
- Carlisle Forest
- Carlisle, [Cumberland]
- Gilsland, [Cumberland].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Multon of Gilsland
- Simon de Mounfort (Montfort)
- William de Vescy, late justice north of the Trent
- Michael de Harcla, late sheriff of Cumberland.
-
Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1318 as the earliest time that all of the petitioners had served as sheriff, was 1311, but the petitioners are described in such a way that it is clear that none was then in office, and this would mean that the petition must almost certainly date to 1318 as this was the first time that none of the petitioners was in office since 1298 (List of Sheriffs, p.26). If the petition was later, one might have expected other former sheriffs to be named.
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
For a related document, see SC 8/324/E635
For another petition by Culwen on a different matter, see SC 8/82/4085
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- French and Latin
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529625/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
74,884 records
18,283 records
51 records
You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/323/E573
John de Castre; William de Mulcastre (Muncaster); Gilbert de Culwenn' (Culwen); John...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.