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William le Vavassour. Vavassour William King. Vavassour requests that the king grant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E914
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/329/E914
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1298]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William le Vavassour.
- Name(s)
- Vavassour, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Vavassour requests that the king grant his writ to his justices to enter the liberty of Knaresborough where the malefactor Redeschagh is imprisoned and that he have the pays of the body of the county before them and make reasonable judgment, or that the king order the justices to enter the liberty without his commandment or writ. Vavassour was granted a writ of oyer and terminer before Mallory and Burnham of which malefactors entered his parks of Healaugh and Woodhall and it was found that it was Redeschagh and the sheriff found that he was imprisoned at Knaresborough by Bereford's order.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should answer first where he was attached, and when it has been deliberated upon he should answer the others.
- Places mentioned
- Healaugh, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Woodhall, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Piers Malorre (Mallory)
- Thomas de Burneham (Burnham)
- Thomas de Redeschagh
- William de Bereford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1298 as two commissions of oyer and terminer were issued on 7 June and 20 October of that year concerning individuals who broke the petitioner's park of Woodhall, though it no mention of Redshagh is found in either case (CPR 1292-1301, pp. 381, 382).
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.381-2 (commissions of oyer and terminer concerning those who broke the petitioner's park of Woodhall)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682909/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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