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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Friars Minor of Oxford. King. The Friars Minor of Oxford request that they might...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4299
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/86/4299
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Friars Minor of Oxford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Friars Minor of Oxford request that they might appropriate a plot in Oxford, worth only 2s. annually, in mortmain, as an inquisition finds that it is to no-one's prejudice.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The inquisition is to be examined, and the king will speak his will on it.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- [Adam de] Lymb[ergh].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR pp.376 (dated 8 July 1319) & 579 (dated 1 May 1321) & 585 (dated 12 May 1321) show that the Friars Minor are seeking to expand their holdings at this time. The donation mentioned in the petition might be any of these or another, and the petition might well date from the Michaelmas parliament of 1320 like many others in this file.
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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 6404
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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, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.376, 579, 585 (three licences for the alienation in mortmain of three plots of lands to the Friars Minor of Oxford)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.116 (no.53) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148841/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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