ECR 13 945
Reference code
ECR 13 945
Title
Windsor, Berkshire: Copy of claim
Level
Item
Date
24 September 1632
Content description
A copy of the claim of the Provost and College of Eton made at the court of justice held for the Forest of Windsor at Windsor Castle before the Right honourable Henry, earl of Holland, Chief justice in Eire, Sir Thomas Richardson, Lord Chief Justice of England and Sir John Denham, one of the barons of the exchequer, 24 September 1632.
The Provost and College, by Edward Offley, their attorney, claim within the Forest the following liberties: free warren in all their domain lands; free chase; freedom from the power and jurisdiction of all the King's foresters, purveyors and other officers; freedom from dues for the castle guards; freedom from arrest by the King's officers for all the King's subjects coming to the fair of Eaton; freedom for their goods and chattels, and those of their tenants, from the King's purveyors, and their houses from the King's officers; freedom from aids, subsideies etc; freedom from tenths granted by the clergy or by the commons; freedom from the court of the admiralty; deodands and wrecks within their domains; freedom from the execution of writs or summons, distraint etc, outside their domains wuntil the same can be made by their own bailiffs; fines, forfeitures, escapes etc, the appointment of coroners; wardships. All the above liberties were granted by letters patent of 5 March 24 Henry VI.
The Provost and College, by Edward Offley, their attorney, claim within the Forest the following liberties: free warren in all their domain lands; free chase; freedom from the power and jurisdiction of all the King's foresters, purveyors and other officers; freedom from dues for the castle guards; freedom from arrest by the King's officers for all the King's subjects coming to the fair of Eaton; freedom for their goods and chattels, and those of their tenants, from the King's purveyors, and their houses from the King's officers; freedom from aids, subsideies etc; freedom from tenths granted by the clergy or by the commons; freedom from the court of the admiralty; deodands and wrecks within their domains; freedom from the execution of writs or summons, distraint etc, outside their domains wuntil the same can be made by their own bailiffs; fines, forfeitures, escapes etc, the appointment of coroners; wardships. All the above liberties were granted by letters patent of 5 March 24 Henry VI.
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