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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
John de Villers, clerk, scholar of Merton House, Oxford. de Villers John King. clerk,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12082
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This record is about the John de Villers, clerk, scholar of Merton House, Oxford. de Villers John King. clerk,... dating from [1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/242/12082
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Villers, clerk, scholar of Merton House, Oxford.
- Name(s)
- de Villers, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk, scholar of Merton House, Oxford
- Nature of request
- Villers requests that the king grant his letters to the pope requesting that the pope grant him divine absolution as Villers was involved in a conflict in the university at the church of Our Lady when many scholars, masters and others came armed for the salvation of the university.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Osfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 22 January 1331 [4 Edw. III] (C 81/178/4263).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 4263 in C 81/178
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439685/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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