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John Wallyngford (Wallingford), Prior of St Frideswide, Oxford. Wallyngford (Wallingford)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7261

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This record is about the John Wallyngford (Wallingford), Prior of St Frideswide, Oxford. Wallyngford (Wallingford)... dating from [c. 1378] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/146/7261
Date
[c. 1378]
Description
Petitioners
John Wallyngford (Wallingford), Prior of St Frideswide, Oxford.
Name(s)
Wallyngford (Wallingford), John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of St Frideswide, Oxford
Nature of request
John Wallyngford, Prior of St Frideswide, Oxford, states that he has been duly elected according to the custom of the convent, with Edward III's permission and the confirmation of the bishop, and that he has been in possession for three years, but that one John Doddesford has come with bills from the court of Rome and expelled him. He asks the King and council to send for John Doddesford to show his bills and other evidence for his estate, and to do justice.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
People mentioned
Nicholas Hongrefford (Hungerford), Prior of St Frideswide, Oxford
Edward [III], King of England
John Doddesford.
Note
CPR 1377-81 p.302 is dated 27 July 1378 and p.304 is dated 15 July 1378. This petition would seem likely to date from an earlier stage of proceedings, and, as the petitioner states that he was appointed by Edward III and has been in possession for three years, cannot be later than 1380.
Related material

For a related petition, see SC 8/305/15215

For transcript, see no.100 of PRO 31/7/110

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.302 (commission to protect John Doddesford against the petitioner and other rebellious canons, who are holding the house against him) & p.304 (order to deliver the offenders to John Doddesford to be punished according to the rule of the order)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209444/

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