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Richard Oysel, bailiff of Holderness. Oysel Richard King and council bailiff of Holderness...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3148

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Reference
SC 8/63/3148
Date
[1304]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Oysel, bailiff of Holderness.
Name(s)
Oysel, Richard
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
bailiff of Holderness
Nature of request
Oysel requests that the king command that the waste places be redressed and built upon so that the king not lose his farm because if this is not done before the winter the king will incur great damage.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to Oysel by a writ of Chancery that he should spend £60, and he should have allowance in his account.
Places mentioned
Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
Note
The petition can be securely dated to 1304 as Oysel was instructed to let the waste spaces and to have buildings built on them on 15 February 1304 (CCR 1302-7, p.123).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/36/1797

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4538
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.123 (writ to Oysel to let the waste spaces and have buildings built upon them)
  • Notices Relative to the Early History of the Town and Port of Hull, C. Frost, (, 1827), p.48 (full transcription of petition and response)
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