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Burgesses of Oxford. King and council. The burgesses of Oxford state that because...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12938
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This record is about the Burgesses of Oxford. King and council. The burgesses of Oxford state that because... dating from [1327] 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 8/259/12938
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Oxford.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Oxford state that because of certain suggestions made to him, Edward I took the assize of bread and ale, which used to contribute to their farm and which brings the King 100 s. annually, into his hand, without calling the burgesses to judgment, although the amount of their farm is not reduced. They have sued from parliament to parliament on this, until Edward II ordered that the rolls and remembrances of the Exchequer be searched and the King and council informed. It has now been returned in Chancery in this parliament that the King seized the assize into his hand as they claim. They ask the King and council to take advice on this and to do justice.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to come and provide information before the council.The Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered by writ that, when they have seen and considered how the assize was seized etc. and for what reason, and if the burgesses had the aforesaid things in aid of their farm etc., and how and from what time and how much the assize was worth to the said burgesses, and what it brings now to the King; and if they can find that they had the assize in aid of their farm, and that the King is now served of the 100s., they are further to give the said burgesses a reasonable allowance according to their discretion.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England
- Edward [II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1327-30 p.17 is dated 10 March 1327, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.17 (order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to give the burgesses a due allowance if their claim is found to be true)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.126 (no.72) (calendar of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.424a-b (edition of order to Treasurer and Barons of Exchequer on Close Roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440551/
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