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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Matilda Upton, Abbess of Godstow. Upton Matilda King and council Abbess of Godstow...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/50/2473
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This record is about the Matilda Upton, Abbess of Godstow. Upton Matilda King and council Abbess of Godstow... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/50/2473
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matilda Upton, Abbess of Godstow.
- Name(s)
- Upton, Matilda
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Abbess of Godstow
- Nature of request
- The abbess requests remedy. The king's ancestors granted a vaccary and pastures to them in Panshill but Despenser by colour of his office seized them into the king's hand without cause, and extended it at little value, delivering it to Handlo, his sub-keeper by an arentment made in the Exchequer, holding it at the king's will, of which several pasture called Lachemede her predecessor was wrongfully ejected from in the times of King Edward the father.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Panchehale (Panshill), [Buckinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, the father, Keeper of the Forest below the Trent
- John de Handlo, Sub-Keeper of the Forest.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by Handlo see SC 8/50/2494
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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 3580
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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)
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- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.229 (grant of land including in the wood of Panshill to Handlo)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), pp.110-111 (no.44) (translation and discussion of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062687/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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