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On 17 January 1348 at Westminster, there was a
commission of oyer and terminer to a long list of names including William Smyth of Farndale (FAR00040) the younger and Richard
Ruttok of Farendale for breaking in to the park at Egton, hunting and
carrying away the property of the owner with deer, and for assaulting the
owner’s men and servants causing their inability to work for a long time, for
which the were fined 1 mark (Calendar of Patent
Rolls, 21 Edward III, Part III, page 472).
Jan 17, Westminster. Commission of
Oyer and terminer to Henry de Percy, Thomas de Rokeby, William Basset, William Malbys, William de Broclesby,
Thomas de Fencotes and Thomas de Seton, on complaint
by the same Peter that Edmund de Hastynges …. William Smyth of Farndale the younger (FAR00040) … broke his park at Egton, Co
York, hunted therein, carried away his goods with deer from the park and
assaulted his men and servants, whereby he lost their service for a great time.
By fine of 1 mark.
There
is also a reference to Richard Ruttok of Farendale (RUD00003) in
the long list of names.
So on 17 January 1348 at Westminster, there was a
commission of oyer and terminer to a long list of names including William Smyth
of Farndale (FAR00040) the younger and Richard Ruttok of Farendale for
breaking in to the park at Egton, hunting and carrying away the property of the
owner with deer, and for assaulting the owner’s men and servants causing their
inability to work for a long time, for which the werefined 1 mark.
A Commission of Oyer and
Terminer was a legal commission issued in England, authorizing judges to
hear and determine criminal cases, particularly those involving serious
offenses like treason, felonies, and misdemeanors. It literally means to
hear and determine in Anglo-French, reflecting its purpose of both
investigating and adjudicating cases. By the commission of oyer and terminer
the commissioners (in practice the judges of assize, though other persons were
named with them in the commission) were commanded to make diligent inquiry into
all treasons, felonies and misdemeanours whatever committed in the counties
specified in the commission, and to hear and determine the same according to
law. The inquiry was by means of the grand jury; after the grand jury had found
the bills of indictment submitted to it, the commissioners proceeded to hear
and determine by means of the petit jury. The words oyer and terminer were also
used to denote the court that had jurisdiction to try offences within the
limits to which the commission of oyer and terminer extended.
There is a separate page about poaching in Pickering Forest.