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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward III to the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford concerning...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3145
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward III to the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford concerning... dating from 1320 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 8/63/3145
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1320
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Writ of Edward III to the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford concerning a complaint made by the Master, scholars and university by petition, to hold public inquiry on certain points as to the fixed places where people of the town and strangers may bring their wares for sale, regulations for the sale of victuals, and relating to merchants, regrators and forestallers.
- Nature of endorsement
- Response of the mayor and bailiffs of the lord king of Oxford:1) Concerning the places at which victuals are sold there are 56 paying an annual rent to the king at Michaelmas, accounted for by the mayor to the sheriff.2) Agreement made between the mayor and bailiffs of the town and the chancellor of the university . . .
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- Mayor and bailiffs of Oxford
- Master, scholars and university of Oxford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The writ was dated in its dating clause at Stratford-at-Bow on 9 August 1320.
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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 6305
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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)
- Latin
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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)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.136 (no.87) (brief calendar of writ)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106908/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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