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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margery de Dyve, abbess of Godstow. de Dyve Margery King and council. abbess of Godstow...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/774
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This record is about the Margery de Dyve, abbess of Godstow. de Dyve Margery King and council. abbess of Godstow... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/16/774
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margery de Dyve, abbess of Godstow.
- Name(s)
- de Dyve, Margery
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- abbess of Godstow
- Nature of request
- The abbess of Godstow states that the king's ancestors granted by their charter to her and her house a tithe of venison in the forest of Witchwood, of which her predecessor, Mabel Wafre, was seised until Hugh le Despenser, the father, when he was keeper of that forest, prevented her from having it. She requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- She is to show her charter in Chancery, and there a writ is to be sent to the Justice of the Forest or his lieutenant etc., that he is to institute an inquisition into whether the abbess' predecessors were seised of the tithe, and which of them was first ousted from it, and for what reason, and into all other necessary matters. And when the inquisition has been returned in Chancery, it is to be shown to the king.
- Places mentioned
- Godstow, [Oxfordshire]
- Whichewode (Witchwood) Forest, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, the father
- Mabel Wafre, Abbess of Godstow.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This must date from shortly after the fall of Despenser, and presumably dates from the start of Edward III's reign.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 3569
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.402b (no. 134) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060915/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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