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Tenants and inhabitants within the prince's forest of Dartmoor. Prince of Wales,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/344/E1286
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/344/E1286
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1471-1483]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants and inhabitants within the prince's forest of Dartmoor.
- Addressees
- Prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall, earl of Chester
- Nature of request
- The tenants and inhabitants request that it is ordained that the prince's courts, statutes and customs within his lordship be kept and used as they have been in times past, and that the petitioners may peacefully enjoy such liberties as they have done. They complain that they have been accustomed to work in all the moors and wastes within Devon, but have recently been disturbed by Osberne and others with the maintenance of the bishop of Exeter, and have put out the old owners of the tinwork called 'Wilton Downe' against the acts and statutes. More particularly great maintenance has been used against the owners of 'Wilton Downe'(Leche, Storey and Sevar) who dare not reside there or work it, and he has let the tinwork at farm. Additionally, the bishop will let no tenant of the prince work in his lordship unless they pay him a rent and come to his court.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Dartmoor Forest, [Devon]
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- [Edward Plantagenet], prince of Wales
- Richard Osberne, Thomas Geffrey (Geoffrey)
- William Harle
- [Peter Courtenay], bishop of Exeter
- William Leche, miner
- Robert Storyge (Story, Storey), miner
- John Sevar, miner
- Thomas Fulford
- Nicholas Suthcote (Southcote), servant of the bishop of Exeter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A cover note preceding this file of petitions indicates that the petitions SC 8/344/E1262-E1316B mostly date to the period 1481-1483, and nearly all appear to belong to the period 1471-1483, this latter date being the dates that Edward Plantagenet, Edward IV's eldest son, held the principality of Wales and the county of Chester. This petition is dated to the latter range, 1471-1483 because there is no evidence that would allow a narrower dating.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on the same matter, see SC 8/344/E1285
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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/C9736706/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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