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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Finstock and Topples Wood. King. The people of Finstock and Topples Wood...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/244/12167
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This record is about the People of Finstock and Topples Wood. King. The people of Finstock and Topples Wood... dating from [1348] 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 8/244/12167
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Finstock and Topples Wood.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of Finstock and Topples Wood request that there hamlets and the vill of Charlbury be assessed in common as Finstock and Topples Wood amount to just 7 virgates of land while Charlbury has 22 virgates, but Finstock and Topples Wood are assessed far more heavily for wool.
- Nature of endorsement
- This bill was endorsed in parliament before the king.Let this bill be sent to the chancellor and he be commanded to do right to the plaintiffs.
- Places mentioned
- Finstock, [Oxfordshire]
- Tappewell (Topples Wood), [Oxfordshire]
- Charlbury, [Oxfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1348 as the inquisition and new assessment of the town and hamlets and the order to the assessors and collectors of the wool and fifteenths in Oxfordshire date to 22 April 1348 and 6 February 1349 respectively (CIM 1348-77, no.2075; CCR 1349-54, p.2).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners on the same subject, see SC 8/12/593
For a petition by the collectors of wool and the fifteenth in Oxfordshire relating to the same matter, see SC 8/12/597
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IX, 1349-1354, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.2 (order to the assessors and collectors in Oxfordshire levy the wool and fifteenth according to the new assessment)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. III, 22-51 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1937), no.2075 (inquisition and new assessment of the town and hamlets)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439772/
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