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William Evyntyn, forester in fee of the bailiwick of Grovely in the forest of Clarendon....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/294/14693
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This record is about the William Evyntyn, forester in fee of the bailiwick of Grovely in the forest of Clarendon.... dating from [c. 1329] 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 8/294/14693
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Evyntyn, forester in fee of the bailiwick of Grovely in the forest of Clarendon.
- Name(s)
- Evyntyn, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- forester in fee of the bailiwick of Grovely in the forest of Clarendon
- Nature of request
- William Evyntyn, forester in fee of the bailiwick of Grovely in the forest of Clarendon, states that certain people, neighbours of this bailiwick, claimed housebote and haybote in the bailiwick, to the disinheritance of the king and his crown, in the eyre of the forest at Salisbury before John Mautravers and his companions, and that he, seeing the danger to the king, counter-pleaded. They then claimed vert and venison against William in the said eyre, and he was indicted, so that his bailiwick is taken into the king's hand, and another keeper put there. He asks the king and council to have consideration for his disinheritance and to ordain a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The record of the process of this thing is to be brought before the justices appointed to hear the king's pleas, and the reason for the taking of the bailiwick into the king's hand, and the names of those who indicted the said William, [and] by which indictment the bailiwick was taken into the king's hand, and then, when they have heard the said William's complaint, and called before them all those who are to be called, they are to proceed to a final determination of this business, and further to do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Grovely wood, [Wiltshire]
- Clarendon forest, [Wiltshire]
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- John Mautravers.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CFR 1327-37 p.128 is dated 5 April 1329, and p.206 is dated 16 December 1330. The reference to John Mautravers would seem to date the petition to between these two dates, or shortly afterwards.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition concerning Grovely wood, see SC 8/81/4027
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.128 (commitment to John Mautravers of the keeping of the forest south of the Trent) & p.206 (commitment to Robert de Ufford of the keeping of the forest south of the Trent)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735856/
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