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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of Oxford. King and council. [This petition is slightly damaged.]The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/257/12809
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This record is about the Commons of Oxford. King and council. [This petition is slightly damaged.]The petitioners... dating from [c. 1363] 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 8/257/12809
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1363]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Oxford.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is slightly damaged.]The petitioners state that they were indicted of a trespass in the late dispute between the clergy and laity of Oxford and that they greatly impoverished and ruined by this, despite the charter of pardon granted by the King to his commons in the last parliament. They request a charter in common based on this pardon, and writs to the justices and sheriffs that they should not be harassed contrary to this pardon, as has been granted to the other commons of the land.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a charter of pardon in common for the trespasses, according to the pardon made to the community of the realm.
- People mentioned
- Clergy of Oxford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1363 with reference to CPR 1361-4 p.380 (12 June 1363), p. 392 (12 June 1363), p.400 (8 October 1363), p.408 (28 October, 26 November and 6 December 1363), p.494 (15 April 1364) and p.517 (3 July 1364), and to Oxford Petitions p.139.
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XII, 1361-1364, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.380 (pardon to two men of Oxford for all felonies and trespasses committed during the late dispute) & p.392 (similar pardon) & p.400 (similar pardon) & p.408 (similar pardons) & p.494 (similar pardon) & p.517 (similar pardon)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.139 (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440421/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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