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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Warden and scholars of Merton Hall, Oxford. King. The petitioners request that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3010
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This record is about the Warden and scholars of Merton Hall, Oxford. King. The petitioners request that the... dating from [1396] 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 8/61/3010
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1396]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Warden and scholars of Merton Hall, Oxford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that the king will ratify and confirm their estate in 2 messuages in London bequeathed to them by Henry de London. The petitioners state that Edward III granted to the burgesses of London that they be able to devise in their testament their lands and rents at mortmain without licence notwithstanding the statute of mortmain, but London in the time of Edward I devised to the predecessors of the supplicant the messuages in the city which are held of the king and the rent pertains to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Henry de London, Burgess of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to 1396 for the warden and scholars of Merton were pardoned their acquisition and forfeiture of the messuages on 20 December 1396 (CPR 1396-9, p.48).
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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 5570
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.48 (pardon to the scholars of their acquisition and of the forfeiture)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), pp.142-3 (edition and discussion of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106771/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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