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

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.

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

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

• 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)