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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Welles, bailiff of the king in the hundred outside the north gate of Oxford....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3872
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This record is about the Robert de Welles, bailiff of the king in the hundred outside the north gate of Oxford.... dating from [c. 1275-c. 1300] 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 8/78/3872
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1275-c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Welles, bailiff of the king in the hundred outside the north gate of Oxford.
- Name(s)
- de Welles, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- bailiff of the king in the hundred outside the north gate of Oxford
- Nature of request
- 1) Welles requests remedy as he is unable to have justice concerning offences done to him and his men done by John de Hengham who came with other armed men to his house, broke in and carried away the goods found there including gages for amercements, because Hengham is a nephew Ralph de Hengham the justice.2) He further requests remedy as William de Munz came with many armed men and beat the people, and many have been summoned before the chancellor and excommunicated, and they cannot have a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Folewelle
- Hugh de Mersh
- William de Roseles, esquire
- John de Hengham, then commissioner of the chancellor of Oxford
- Ralph de Hengham, Justice
- Thomas de Weylaund, Justice
- William de Brumpton, Justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated notionally, on the basis of the hand, to the late thirteenth century.
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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 8481
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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/C9107648/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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