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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
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People residing in the Forest of Windsor in Surrey. King and council. The people...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E944
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This record is about the People residing in the Forest of Windsor in Surrey. King and council. The people... dating from [1297-1301] 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 8/329/E944
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1297-1301]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People residing in the Forest of Windsor in Surrey.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that the bounds of the forest of Windsor in Surrey be perambulated by people of that place and that the bounds thus perambulated are able to be taken in the form granted by the king. The king assigned Berwick and his companions to take the perambulation and they commanded the sheriff to make people of the pays to come to make the perambulation by inquisition, but he summoned strangers who did not know the area so that nothing was done.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king assigns certain people to make the perambulation.
- Places mentioned
- Windsor Forest, Surrey.
- People mentioned
- John de Berewyk (Berwick).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1297-1301 when the Edward I was forced to accept the perambulation of the boundaries of the forest (Prestwich, Edward I, pp. 518-27).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a contemporary petition also asking for perambulation with an identical response, see SC 8/329/E943
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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/C9682939/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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