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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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King's bailiffs of the manor of Hatfield. King and council. The bailiffs request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E659
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This record is about the King's bailiffs of the manor of Hatfield. King and council. The bailiffs request... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1320] 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 8/324/E659
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- King's bailiffs of the manor of Hatfield.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The bailiffs request a writ to the justice of the Forest or to the sheriff of Essex to enquire of the bounds between Hatfield Forest and Wall Wood, as when the manor of Hatfield was in the hands of Bruce, on the sufferance of Bruce's bailiffs the people of Hallingbury [were allowed to enter] upon the forest and to cut the woods to the disinheritance of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have a writ of Chancery.[Interesting but partly obscured early nineteenth-century note on dorse].
- Places mentioned
- Hatfield, [Essex]
- Great Hallingbury, [Essex]
- Hatfield Forest, [Essex]
- Wall Wood (in Great Hallingbury) [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Brus (Bruce).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1307-c. 1320 on the basis of the hand, but is probably earlier in this range.
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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/C9682653/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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