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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Merser (Mercer) of Oxford, bailiff of Oxford. Merser (Mercer) Richard Hugh...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1100
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This record is about the Richard Merser (Mercer) of Oxford, bailiff of Oxford. Merser (Mercer) Richard Hugh... dating from [1375-1376] 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 8/333/E1100
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375-1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Merser (Mercer) of Oxford, bailiff of Oxford.
- Name(s)
- Merser (Mercer), Richard
- Addressees
- Hugh Segrave, William Spratlyngton and John Fordham.
- Occupation
- bailiff of Oxford
- Nature of request
- Merser states that pleas in the Hustings of Oxford are discontinued and delayed because of the absence of the mayor and bailiffs [citing two examples] and he is summoned by Segrave, Spratlyngton and Fordham to be before them in the Wardrobe on the first Monday in Lent which coincides with the holding of the court, and he requests that he can be excused until the second Monday in Lent.
- Nature of endorsement
- He has a day.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
- London
- Osney, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh Segrave
- William Spratlyngton
- John Fordham
- John de Dodyngton (Doddington) of Oxford
- Richard Preston of London
- Nicholas Leche
- Abbot of Osney.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince and or his council dating to those years.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683223/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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