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Ralph de Gorges. de Gorges Ralph King and council. Ralph de Gorges states that he...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/289/14416

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SC 8/289/14416
Date
[1309-c. 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Ralph de Gorges.
Name(s)
de Gorges, Ralph
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Ralph de Gorges states that he and his father served the king's father in the war in Gascony, and were captured and imprisoned; his father died in prison and he was almost hanged after a long and harsh imprisonment. Afterwards he served the king's father in Scotland. As a reward for his service, he was given the office of keeper of Whittlewood forest for term of life by the king's father, after the death of John de Tyngewyk. He has now been expelled, wrongly and without judgment, and requests grace and a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
Richard Damory, who holds the said keepership, is to be called, and, when his arguments have been heard, what is reasonable is to be done.
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France]
Scotland
Whittlewood Forest, [Northamptonshire].
People mentioned
[Edward I], King of England
John de Tyngewyk (Tingewick)
Richard Damory.
Note
Roger Damory was granted the forestership of Whittlewood on 20 December 1309 (CPR 1307-13, p. 223) after it had been taken into the king's hand because of a trespass by Gorges. He was regranted it on 3 May 1313 (CPR 1307-13, p.571), after it had been taken into the king's hand because of a report of misconduct. A Latin summary of another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter with a different response was enrolled on the parliament roll of Hillary 1315 (Rot. Parl. vol. I p.321b (no.151), and it is difficult to say whether this petition is earlier or later than this enrolled petition. SC 8/83/4102 is in a file of petitions dating from c. 1320, so there remains a possibility that both these petitions are of that date; although they are more probably earlier, perhaps from c. 1313-1315.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition, differently endorsed, see SC 8/83/4102

For a transcript, see p.124 of PRO 31/7/130

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.223, 571 (grant and regrant of the forestership of Whittlewood to Roger Damory)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.321b (no.151) (Latin summary of related petition and response on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735578/

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