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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Osney. King and council. The abbot and convent request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E904
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Osney. King and council. The abbot and convent request that... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1307] 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 8/329/E904
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Osney.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that the king take the tithes that they receive to maintain thirteen ministers and two canons for daily service in the free chapel of St George in the castle of Oxford as certain malicious people disturb them and gather the tithes. They request a writ to the sheriff of Oxford to defend them.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should defend their tithes if it seems to them expeditious, and if they are robbed they should sue in court christian.
- Places mentioned
- Osney, [Oxfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1290-c. 1307 as it appears that the petition dates to the latter part of Edward I's reign.
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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), pp.94-5 (no.7) (calendar of petition with discussion)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682899/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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