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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Common merchants passing by water between London and Oxford. King and Council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/125/6201
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This record is about the Common merchants passing by water between London and Oxford. King and Council. The... dating from [c. 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 8/125/6201
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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
- Common merchants passing by water between London and Oxford.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request remedy concerning the passage of the River Thames between London and Oxford, which has become obstructed by gorces and other blockages, and they are being forced to pay tolls to the owners of the weirs, and are often delayed. Justices have been appointed, but nothing has been done.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let sufficient men be appointed to survey the gorces between London and Oxford, and take away the blockages and nuisances, so that boats may pass as they should and have anciently done.Coram magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
- River Thames.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1316, with reference to Oxford Petitions, p.138. However, that volume only suggests a date of temp. Ed II. Similar petitions were presented in 1302, 1305 and c.1320, and the handwriting of the present piece suggests a date closer to the latter of these, or probably slightly later. The reference to justices already appointed might indicate that it is subsequent to that petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.72 of PRO 31/7/97
For a similar petition on this issue see SC 8/10/474
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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 5421
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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)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.138 (no.91) (full translation of petition and response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208374/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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