Catalogue description Royal charter confirming the grant of free warren

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Details of WYL639/181
Reference: WYL639/181
Title: Royal charter confirming the grant of free warren
Description:

To Robert de Stopham in all his demesne lands of Neweton and Weston provided that they are outside the boundaries of the royal forest with a penalty of £10 payable to the king by trespassers.

 

Witnesses: Walter (Cantilupe), bishop of Worcester; William (of York), bishop of Salisbury; Richard (Wich), bishop of Chichester; William de Valence, the king's half-brother; John Mansell, provost of Beverley; Ralph the son of Nicholas; Master William de Kilkenny, archdeacon of Coventry; Bertram de Cryoll; John de Grey; Robert Walerand; Ralph de Haya; Roger de Lokinton.

 

At Westminster.

 

Great Seal on silk cords: edges chipped, cracked across the centre.
Date: 16 Apr 1252
Held by: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds, not available at The National Archives
Copies held at:

Photocopy available
Language: English
Physical condition: Seal since repaired at the Borthwick Institute
Access conditions:

Retained at Weston Hall

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