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University of Oxford. King and parliament. Petition concerning the raising of the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/132/6588

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SC 8/132/6588
Date
[c. 1381]
Description
Petitioners
University of Oxford.
Addressees
King and parliament.
Nature of request
Petition concerning the raising of the clerical poll tax on the clerks of the University of Oxford.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
People mentioned
[Edward III], King of England
Simon [Sudbury], archbishop of Canterbury
Adam Toneworth, formerly chancellor of the University of Oxford
Thomas Lyndelowe
John Wendover
Robert Aylsham
John Brumpton
Richard Pester
William Barton.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1388-92, pp. 330-1, and by the reference to Simon Sudbury as late Archbishop (died 14 June 1381).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), pp.148-149 (calendar of petition, with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208769/

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