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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon, a Jew of Oxford. Simon King. [This petition is badly damaged and the sense...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2677
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This record is about the Simon, a Jew of Oxford. Simon King. [This petition is badly damaged and the sense... dating from [1280-1290] 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 8/54/2677
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1280-1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon, a Jew of Oxford.
- Name(s)
- Simon
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged and the sense is obscure.]Simon, a Jew of Oxford . . . Constable of Oxford castle received from a Jew of Oxford a . . . by name Blanche Hardy, that Roger thus appealed him, that he refused to give it for . . . but arrested that Gibeun and held him in the prison in Oxford castle for half a year . . . the last eyre of Oxford, and refused to release him from that prison . . . and other goods to the sum of 10 marks.Furthermore, whereas five Jews of Oxford . . . that same Gibeun concerning twelve articles before your council, and before John de Kyrkeby . . . and had made withdraw those complaints and those articles, and had had the aforesaid Jews indicted of . . . prison of Oxford castle after Easter, and still holds them in that prison . . . whereas that same Gibeun was removed by John de Kyrkeby he is put back by . . . damage than to your advantage. And if it please you, that the aforesaid Jews might be delivered . . . and pray to be able to sue their complaints against that same Gibeun and for your advantage. Therefore if they . . . deliverance . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Blanche Hardy
- Roger [rest of name missing due to damage to ms.]
- Gibun (Gibeun) [rest of name missing due to damage to ms.]
- John de Kyrkeby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? 1280-1290' with reference to the expulsion of the Jews. This would seem to fit with the hand.
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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 4490
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062893/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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