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People of Woodstock. King. The people of Woodstock state that although they are quit...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/194/9653

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This record is about the People of Woodstock. King. The people of Woodstock state that although they are quit... dating from [? 1309] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/194/9653
Date
[? 1309]
Description
Petitioners
People of Woodstock.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The people of Woodstock state that although they are quit of toll throughout the King's land, and always have been, the Bishop of Lincoln's people from Banbury are wrongly distraining them for toll, contrary to their usages and the King's franchise, and have taken toll from them by force for three years. They request a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Woodstock, [Oxfordshire]
Banbury, [Oxfordshire].
People mentioned
[John Dalderby], Bishop of Lincoln.
Note
Possibly formerly enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.284, which is dated 22 March 1309.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.284 (order to provide a remedy for some petitions from the people of Woodstock, with which this petition was possibly enclosed)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295539/

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