SC 8/332 15705-15800: Various, including petitions to King and Council, to the Great Council, to the chancellor in his executive capacity, and to the chancellor and Privy Council (no 15738, temp Mary). Nos 15718A-C are a petition of Henry of Lancaster (later Henry IV) following the Coventry Parliament of 1393.
Record Summary
Scope and content
Petitioners: William Louther (Lowther), esquire, master forester of Inglewood forest; foresters of Inglewood forest.
Addressees: Council.
Places mentioned: Inglewood, [Cumberland].
Other people mentioned: John de Lancastre (Lancaster), knight; Robert de Lancastre (Lancaster), esquire; William de Beaulieu, esquire; John de Cliborne (Cliburn), esquire; Roland de Clibourne (Cliburn), esquire; William de Lancastre (Lancaster).
Nature of request: Louther and the other foresters of Inglewood forest request that John and Robert de Lancaster, William de Beaulieu, John and Roland de Cliburn and William de Lancaster be ordered to come before the council and answer concerning their hunting of the King's game in the forest, and that others named in a schedule [formerly] attached to this petition be arrested or remain in the sheriff's keeping until the council ordains otherwise.
Endorsement: [None].
Covering dates
[? c. 1413]
Availability
Open Document, Open Description, Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years
Note
The petition probably dates to after 1413 when the petitioner's office was confirmed (SC 8/332/15719).
