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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Warden and scholars of the house of Merton in Oxford. King. The warden and scholars...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13664
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This record is about the Warden and scholars of the house of Merton in Oxford. King. The warden and scholars... dating from [1380] 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 8/274/13664
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Warden and scholars of the house of Merton in Oxford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The warden and scholars request that they be acquitted from the suit brought against them for the tenement called Battesin with a cellar, shops and solars adjacent which Wyllyot and other co-feoffees proposed to give to the house.
- Nature of endorsement
- The council has treated with the petitioners to pay a certain fine to the king for the requested grace, if it pleases him, and it seems to the council that it is well to be done for the honour of God and the profit of the king.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- John Wyllyot, clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The Petition dates to 1380 as the grant of the property to the college was made on 5 October 1380 (CPR 1377-81, p.550).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the signet seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.33 in C 81/1339
For a petition by Wyllyot and others on the same matter, see SC 8/148/7363
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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, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.550 (grant of the tenement to the petitioners notwithstanding the contrary inquisitions)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.147 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517611/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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