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Henry de Lynne (Lynn), burgess of Oxford. de Lynne (Lynn) Henry King. Lynne requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/275/13735

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Reference
SC 8/275/13735
Date
[? 1300-? 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Lynne (Lynn), burgess of Oxford.
Name(s)
de Lynne (Lynn), Henry
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Lynne requests that the king will take him and his goods into his protection and summon the commonalty before his justices to answer to Lynne for the trespass done to him, and that his franchise be restored to him until the case is tried. The mayor and commonalty stripped him of the franchise as burgess of Oxford and lost his merchandise because they accuse him of betraying the council of the town to the university.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
People mentioned
Mayor and commonalty of Oxford.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? 1300-? 1330 on the basis of the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517682/

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