1334-04-06, Rockingham

The like to Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him supplies his place. By pet. of C. To Robert de Ufford, keeper of the Forest this side Trent, or to him who his place. Order tc permit the coroners and other ministers of the king, when accidents happen or felonies are committed in the said forests and hays, to exercise their offices touching such accidents and felonies as well within those forests and hays as without, and to enjoin the foresters and other ministers to permit the coroners to exercise their offices in the same ; as the king has learned from the plaint of the community of the realm, by their petition before him and his council in the last parliament at York, that if men are killed in the king's forests or hays, the keeper and the foresters do not permit the coroners of those places to exercise their offices in those forests and hays, wherefore felonies are often committed there and remain unpunished, which is contrary to the king's wish and intention. By pet. of C.