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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Master and brethren of the Hospital of St John without the east gate of Oxford. King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E718
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This record is about the Master and brethren of the Hospital of St John without the east gate of Oxford. King.... dating from [c. 1292] 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 8/326/E718
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1292]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and brethren of the Hospital of St John without the east gate of Oxford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The master and brethren request that the king grant and confirm three gifts made to them by the Swynebrokes, Bodyn and Punchard of land in Oxford, purchased after the statute [of mortmain].1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be sent to the Exchequer.2) It is accounted by the recognizance of Brother Henry that the tenements were acquired after the statute, and are therefore forfeit to the king, and for that reason they cannot have the confirmation without a new gift of the king and a special order of the same.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
- Wyleby (Willoughby), [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Swynebroke
- Juliana [de Swynebroke], wife of Robert de Swynebroke
- Robert Bodyn
- Agnes Punchard.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1292 as the inquisition ad quod damnum relating to the petition dates to 21 Edw. III (C 143/20/24).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the inquisition ad quod damnum relating to this petition, see C 143/20/24
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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)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.98 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682713/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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