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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Bardolf of Wormegay. Bardolf John [King and] council. [This petition is fragmentary...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16027
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This record is about the John Bardolf of Wormegay. Bardolf John [King and] council. [This petition is fragmentary... dating from [c. 1357-c. 1360] 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 8/340/16027
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1357-c. 1360]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Bardolf of Wormegay.
- Name(s)
- Bardolf, John
- Addressees
- [King and] council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is fragmentary and badly faded] . . . council prays John Bardolf of Wormegay that whereas there is a hay between his park . . . county of Norfolk, which he holds in chief of our said lord the king . . . bishop . . . predecessors from time immemorial have repaired it, the which [hay is] now . . . wild animals of the park . . . the park of the said bishop . . . put in the park of the said bishop . . . the park of the said John and . . . trample down and lay waste to his great harm. May it please our said lord the king . . . to his ministers that what is reasonable is to be done for the said John concerning that enclosure, as he has . . . before now, in the times of all bishops.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is to be enquired into in the presence of John de Wasenham, keeper of the temporalities of the bishopric of Ely, if he wishes to be present, and if it is found [that what] the bill claims [is true], a writ is to be sent to the said John to have the said park repaired.
- Places mentioned
- Wyrmegeye (Wormegay), Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- John de Wasenham (Wesenham, Weasenham), keeper of the temporalities of the bishopric of Ely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John de Wasenham is described as farmer of the temporalities of the bishopric of Ely in CPR 1354-8 p.580 (20 July 1357), and on several other occasions until CPR 1358-61 p.515 (17 November 1360), which gives a rough date for this petition.
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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/C9736508/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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