Crook, D. (2013). The Royal Forest of Leicestershire, c.1122-1235. Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 87. Vol 87, Leicester: Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society. pp. 137-160. https://doi.org/10.5284/1107620. Cite this via datacite
| Title: | The Royal Forest of Leicestershire, c.1122-1235 | ||
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| Issue: | Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 87 | ||
| Series: | Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society | ||
| Volume: | 87 | ||
| Page Start/End: | 137 - 160 | ||
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| Abstract: | The royal forest of leicestershire had a relatively brief existence, from the imposition of forest law on the south-eastern part of the county, contiguous with the county boundary with Rutland, by henry i at an uncertain point in his reign (1100–1135), until the disafforestation of the area in 1235 during the reign of henry iii. Because of the early date and relative lack of evidence relating to it, it has received scant attention from historians compared with that afforded to what was originally the private forest of the earls of leicester, leicester forest, and charnwood, never a legal as distinct from a physical forest, in the north-western part of the county. coverage of the royal forest in the Victoria County History is very brief, and does not give any account of its extent or the location of its boundaries. By contrast, the neighbouring forest of Rutland, with which the leicestershire forest was always linked, and in many respects integrated, during the period of their joint existence, has been much more fully treated, because it lasted for much longer and is particularly well documented during the thirteenth century by two forest eyre rolls and one large forest eyre estreat. The leicestershire forest played a not insignificant role in the history of the royal forest in england as a whole during the age of the Norman and angevin kings, which culminated in the royal grants of Magna carta in 1215 and the charter of the Forest two years later, followed by their joint confirmation in their definitive forms in 1225. | ||
| Year of Publication: | 2013 | ||
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| Created Date: | 03 Feb 2022 |
