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Level	Item
Finding No	DDHU/9/1
Extent	1 Item
Title	Extract of proceedings in Quo Warranto
Date	30 Sep 1280
Description	(a) on claim of Gilbert de Gaunt and Richard Malebyse to whales in the port of Fyfle (Filey), reserving their heads and tails to the Crown. Gilbert de Gaunt claims to have had one moiety since the Conquest; and Richard Malebyse to have had the other of the gift of Walter son of Gislebert (an ancestor of Gilbert de Gaunt) to Ralph de Nevill (an ancestor of Richard Malebyse) (b) on claim of Gilbert de Gaunt to have free chase in Swaledale; free warren at Helawe and wreck of the sea at Hunmanby. He claims that he and his ancestors have had free chase in Swaledale since time out of mind; that he has free warren at Helawe since it is within Swaledale where he has free chase; and that he does not claim wreck of the sea but only whales, reserving their heads and tails to the Crown Found for the claimants Copied 11 Jul 1666; 10 Jan 1672/3 and 13 Feb 1672/3 Originally dated 30 Sep 1280
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