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Commons of Northumberland. King and council. The commons of Northumberland state...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14711

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This record is about the Commons of Northumberland. King and council. The commons of Northumberland state... dating from [1362-1369] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/295/14711
Date
[1362-1369]
Description
Petitioners
Commons of Northumberland.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The commons of Northumberland state that an agreement was made between them and the king's grandfather that the county would be completely deforested, in return for an annual rent of 40 marks; but despite this the sheriffs of the county are levying a fine of £6 22d. from them for pasturing their animals in their own woods during the fawning season, called 'the forbidden month'. This fine and all other things belonging to the forest have been rendered null and void by the agreement made with the king's grandfather, so they request a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to discharge them of this fine, if they can find that they pay the annual 40 marks.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered by writ that when they have seen the agreement that this petition mentions, and the reason why the fine of £6 22d. was paid, and when, and when the said commons, or their attorney, have been heard, and if they can know by remembrances of the Exchequer or by inquisition, or in any other suitable manner that the said fine was paid because of the forest in the said county, and not for any other reason, and that the same forest, and whatever pertains to the forest there was afterwards unmade and annulled, then they are to have them discharged of the said fine.
Places mentioned
Northumberland.
People mentioned
[Edward I], King of England.
Note
The duplicate of this petition, SC 8/160/7978, bears the name of David de Woloure, a senior chancery clerk and receiver of parliamentary petitions between 1362 and 1369 (Northumberland Petitions pp.104-5 (no.82)). This petition would therefore seem to date from between these dates.
Related material

For an identical petition with a different endorsement see SC 8/160/7978

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.104-5 (no.82) (transcription of another copy of this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735874/

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