1371 - John Little to check illegal salmon fishing
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Record | |
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Date | 1371 |
Topic | John Little on commission to check illegal salmon fishing in the Thames. |
The Thames.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.
Record
[29 July 1371:]
Commission to Robert Ramesay, John Roux, Henry Hale, Robert Brabisson, Richard Style and John Cotland, pursuant to the statute against taking salmon in forbidden seasons (Stat. Westm. the Second, cap. 47), to keep the statute in the water of Thames; as the king has learned that many fishermen and others take salmon in [p. 175:] divers places in the said water with nets called 'trymkes' and other devices.
Afterwards, on 18 August, John Stodeye, John Little and John Torald were associated in the said commission.[1]
Commission to Robert Ramesay, John Roux, Henry Hale, Robert Brabisson, Richard Style and John Cotland, pursuant to the statute against taking salmon in forbidden seasons (Stat. Westm. the Second, cap. 47), to keep the statute in the water of Thames; as the king has learned that many fishermen and others take salmon in [p. 175:] divers places in the said water with nets called 'trymkes' and other devices.
Afterwards, on 18 August, John Stodeye, John Little and John Torald were associated in the said commission.[1]
Source notes
Membrane 29d of the Patent Roll for 45 Edward III – Part II. Marginal note: "July 29. Westminster". Italics as in printed source. IRHB's brackets.
Lists
- Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
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