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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Laurence de Louches of Oxfordshire. de Louches Laurence King and council. Laurence...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2916
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This record is about the Laurence de Louches of Oxfordshire. de Louches Laurence King and council. Laurence... dating from [c. 1301] 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 8/59/2916
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1301]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Laurence de Louches of Oxfordshire.
- Name(s)
- de Louches, Laurence
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Laurence de Louches of Oxfordshire states that after the death of Laurence de Blountesdone, his tenant, he entered into his tenements in Little Milton under title of wardship, and was seised of them, until Adam de Keresseye, sub-escheator of Oxfordshire, expelled him, claiming they were held of the king. Laurence is ready to aver in any way the court chooses that the only tenements Laurence de Blountesdone held of the king were a virgate of land in Blunsdon in socage. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to wait until the inquisition, which is to be taken by the Escheator by a writ of diem clausit extremum, has been returned.
- Places mentioned
- Little Milton, Oxfordshire
- Blountesdon (Broad Blunsdon), [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Adam de Keresseye (Kersey), sub-escheator of Oxfordshire
- Laurence de Blountesdone (Blunsdon).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1296-1302 p.456 is dated 5 July 1301. The inquisition has clearly been returned by this time, and has found that what the petitioner claims is true, and the king has removed his hand from the tenements in Little Milton. This petition must have been presented before this date.The writ for CIPM, vol. IV no.27 is dated 25 January 29 Edward I (1301).
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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 4872
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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 Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.456 (various orders to the Escheator in respect of Laurence de Blountesdone's lands, which confirm what this petition says)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. IV, 29-35 Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1913), no.27 (inquisition post mortem for Laurence de Blountesdone)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063136/
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