Men of Oxford and of the whole county of Oxfordshire. King and council. The men of...

Petitioners

Men of Oxford and of the whole county of Oxfordshire.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The men of Oxford and of the whole county request the removal of the gorces in the River Thames between London and Oxford, so that provisions and merchandise can be brought there as they were in Edward I's time, for the benefit of King and people.

Nature of endorsement

Justices are to be appointed in Chancery to inquire into these nuisances, and to supervise the gorces etc., and to remove the nuisances, so that provisions can be transported without impediment as should be done for the benefit of the King and people.

Places mentioned

Oxford, [Oxfordshire]

Oxfordshire

River Thames

London.

People mentioned

[Edward I], King of England.

For another petition on this subject from this time see SC 8/125/6201

For a petition on this subject from the reign of Edward I, see SC 8/10/474

For a list of petitions presented to the parliament of Michaelmas 1320, possibly containing this one, see C 49/5/4

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.547 (commission to inquire into this matter, and remove obstructions)
• Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), pp.108-9 (no.40) (full edition of petition)