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Abingdon

County: Berkshire. 107 entries. geocoding: low confidence Search all entries for this place →

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Summary

66Documents
0Discrete acts
15People named
1234-08-15 – 1438-10-05Date range

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  • Patent Rolls 35
  • Close Rolls 29
  • Fine Rolls 2

Entries

Years 1234–1438

  1. 1234-08-15 date: inferred

    Grant to Brian de Insula that at whatever time before his death he may choose to make his will, he shall have free disposition of making his will of his moveables, as well of corn in his sown lands as of other goods. By …

  2. 1235-04-01 date: inferred

    Signification to the pope, to whom confirmation of the election pertains, of the royal assent to the election of J. prior of Hertford to be abbot of St. Albans.…

  3. 1235-04-02 date: inferred

    Grant to James Hose, king's yeoman, that he shall hold for life the 7l. a year of rent in Chippeham, which the king formerly granted to him for his wages at will, and which William le Marchand (Mercator) once held in chi…

  4. 1235-04-02 date: inferred

    Safe-conduct, until Michaelmas, for Lambert de Sancto Richero, merchant of Abbevill, to come to England to trade.…

  5. 1235-04-02 date: inferred

    Licence, for five years from Easter, for Robert Russel to go in safety through all the king's power, with his things and merchandise to trade with.…

  6. 1238-04-28 date: inferred

    Appointment, during pleasure, of Walter de Tywe to the custody of the manor of Bampton, with mandate to the tenants to be intendant unto him.…

  7. 1238-04-28 date: inferred

    Appointment, during pleasure, of Walter de Tywe to the custody of the a of Bampton, with mandate to the tenants to be intendant unto im.…

  8. 1238-04-28 date: inferred

    Mandate to the mayor and good-men of Oxford to do what Amaury de Sancto Amando and Robert de Ros will tell them from the king touching the trespasses committed by the university of the clerks of Oxford at Oxford against …

  9. 1258-06-10 date: inferred

    de intendendo to the barons and good men of Sandwich in favour de Molis, constable of Dover, appointed, during pleasure, as of the Cinque Ports. like to the barons and good men of Rumenal, Hethe, Dover and . with clause …

  10. 1276-12-12 date: inferred

    Pardon to Robert de Whyston, in York gaol for the death of Gilbert Sercles, of his outlawry for the same, as it appears by inquisition made by the sheriff of York, that he was in parts beyond seas when the said Gilbert w…

  11. 1276-12-12 date: inferred

    Pardon to Robert de Whyston, in York gaol for the death of Gilbert Sercles, of his outlawry for the same, as it appears by inquisition made by the sheriff of York, that he was in parts beyond seas when the said Gilbert w…

  12. 1276-12-20 date: inferred

    The i)rioress and nuns of the abbey of Polesworth, void by the death of Sarra de Mamecestre, late abbes.", have letters of licence to elect.…

  13. 1276-12-20 date: inferred

    Grant, at the instance of the Jews of the town of Oxford, that thesherifE of the county shall, as foiiuerly, have the custody of the said Jewry, which by reason of a contention between them and the sherifP, was transferr…

  14. 1276-12-20 date: inferred

    Licence for Adam de Xovo Mercato to sell to whomsoever he will the houses in the cities of York and Lincoln, which he has of Hagin, king's Jew of London.…

  15. 1276-12-20 date: inferred

    Ralph de Sandwico, the king's steward.…

  16. 1276-12-20 date: inferred

    Order to cause Ela, countess to have in the king's park of Odiham ten live deer (feras), wit eight does and two male deer (feras masculas) of the king's gift.…

  17. 1276-12-20 date: inferred

    The prioress and nuns of the abbey of Polesworth, void by the death of Sarra de Mamecestre, late abbess, have letters of licence to elect.…

  18. 1276-12-20 date: inferred

    Grant, at the instance of the Jews of the town of Oxford, that the sheriff of the county shall, as formerly, have the custody of the said Jewry, which by reason of a contention between them and the sheriff, was transferr…

  19. 1276-12-20 date: inferred

    Licence for Adam de Novo Mercato to sell to whomsoever he vill the houses in the cities of York and Lincoln, which he has of Hagin, king's Jew of London.…

  20. 1281-03-02 date: inferred

    Order to the sheriff of Gloucester to take into the king's hand the Jands which Warin son of William held in Neweleye of Otto son of Thomas, a minor in the king's ward, and alienated without licence. Be it remembered tha…

  21. 1281-03-03 date: inferred

    To the king of France. The king regrets that peace has not been established, as the king of France lately wrote, between the king of France and the king of Castile, because he much desires that concord should exist betwe…

  22. 1281-03-03 date: inferred

    To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to cause a regard to be made in the forest of Selewod before the coming of the justices of the Forest, the regard to be made before Midsummer. [Capitula. Adam de Novo Mercato came into the …

  23. 1290-02-27 date: inferred

    Juliana Mariot came before the king, on Monday after St. Matthias, and demanded a messuage in Walyngford, which was taken into the king's hands for her default against Peter Anger. This is signified to the justices of th…

  24. 1317-01-28 date: inferred

    Licence for John son of John de Bohun to grant a carucate of land Uplamburn, held in chief, to Edmund son of John de Bohun and the of his body, with reversion to the grantor and his heirs. : By fine of 40s.…

  25. 1317-01-28 date: inferred

    Appointment of Robert de Sturmy, Nicholas de Aston, and the sheriff Worcester, to be commissioners of the peaee in that county, pursuant to statute of Winchester, as the king understands that many offences committed in t…

  26. 1317-01-28 date: inferred

    Commission of oyer and terminer to Adam de Herewynton and William Bello Campo, touching divers extortions and oppressions alleged to have committed by Robert de Somery, late commissioner of array in the county of Worcest…

  27. 1317-01-28 date: inferred

    Writs.) By p.s. 25.…

  28. 1317-01-28 date: inferred

    The like to Roger de Cubbeldik, Henry de Baiocis and Simon le Chaumbrelayn, on complaint by Isabella, prioress of Stikeswald, that Henry de Thurleby, parson of the church of Barkeston, William Lyard of Swaffeld, John Wes…

  29. 1317-01-28 date: inferred

    The like te Roger de Cubbeldyk, Henry de Baiocis and Simon le Chaumberleyn, on complaint by John de Tynton of Stikeswald that Robert de Godesfeld of Sutton, Nicholas de Bardenaye of Baumburgl and William son of Robert de…

  30. 1317-01-28 date: inferred

    Commission to J. de Thorpe, J. de Fresingfeld and R. Baynard to deliver the gaol of Bishops Lenne of John Lombe, peleter, Ralph Lomb, Cicely Lomb and Alice wife of John de Fordham, detained there for the death of Robert …

  31. 1317-01-28 date: inferred

    Association of Gilbert de Toutheby and Walter de Friskeneye with the sheriff of Lincoln, whom the king had commanded to inquire into the complaint by John de Tynton of Stikeswald and Margaret his wife that they have been…

  32. 1317-01-28 date: inferred

    Commission of oyer and terminer to Edmund de Eyncourt, Henry de Baiocis and Roger de Cobbeldyk, on complaint by William de Welleby that Thomas de Scures and Matilda his wife, Adam son of Robert de Welleby, Robert son of …

  33. 1328-12-10 date: inferred

    Order to the escheator on this side Trent to take into the king's the lands late of Maud Botetourt, deceased, tenant in chief.…

  34. 1330-11-06 date: inferred

    Protection with clause nolumus for one year, at Suthalle, Tykeham and Chesham, for John de Cherleton of London.…

  35. 1330-11-06 date: inferred

    Acquittance to Master Itherius de Concoreto, king's clerk, the Pope's collector of first fruits, for 500 marks paid to Robert de Wodehous, the treasurer, and the king's chamberlains, for another moiety due to the king th…

  36. 1330-11-07 date: inferred

    To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to supersede the demand upon Edmund Peverel, kinsman and heir of Walter de Langeton, late bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, for 307. 19s. 2d. for the price of divers goods and chattel…

  37. 1330-11-07 date: inferred

    To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to supersede the demand upon Edmund Peverel, kinsman and heir of Walter de Langeton, late bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, for 302. 19s. 2d. for the price of divers goods and chattel…

  38. 1347-06-04 date: inferred

    To the sheriff of Southampton for the present or the future. Order to to Thomas Cary, the king's yeoman, usher of his chamber, what to him of 101. yearly rent to be received by the sheriff's hands, and . Parr 2. 305 be a…

  39. 1347-07-26 date: inferred

    John de Trehampton, escheator in cos. Lincoln and Rutland.…

  40. 1347-07-26 date: inferred

    Order to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, the castle, manors towns which he took into the king's hand by reason of the death of de Warenna, earl of Surrey, as the king created William an earl and other things grant…

  41. 1347-07-26 date: inferred

    To John de Trehampton, escheator in cos. Lincoln and Rutland. Order deliver to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, the castle, manors towns which he took into the king's hand by reason of the death of de Warenna, earl…

  42. 1347-08-09 date: inferred

    bailiffs of Canterbury.…

  43. 1347-08-09 date: inferred

    Order to supersede the execution of the order to attach Nicholas Horn of Canterbury and to take his lands, and chattels into the king's hand, enjoining upon him to be before at Westminster on the sixth day after Michaelm…

  44. 1347-08-09 date: inferred

    To the bailiffs of Canterbury. Order to supersede the execution of the order to attach Nicholas Horn of Canterbury and to take his lands, and chattels into the king's hand, enjoining upon him to be before council at West…

  45. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer, Dublin. Order to to Andrew de Guldeford, 12d. a day for his wages from 26 May last henceforth so long as he is attendant upon the king's affairs in Ireland, the said day t…

  46. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    the sheriff of Wilts. Order to supersede until the octaves of next the exigents against John de Vernoun, knight, and other begun against him in that county at the king's suit, for felonies, excesses and contempts, as he …

  47. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    To the sheriff of York. Order to supersede the execution of the king's _ order to him to attach Thomas de Ryse of Beverley and Walter Frost of Beverley, merchants, and the taking of their lands, goods and chattels into t…

  48. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    The like to the same sheriff for Adam Coppendale and Thomas Coppendale of York. By bill of the treasurer. 2.…

  49. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    To the sheriff of Kent. Order to attach Nicholas Horn of Canterbury, so that he have him before the council at London on the morrow of St. Laurence next to answer for his contempt and disobedience and further to do and r…

  50. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    The like to the bailiffs of the city of Canterbury. 31.…

  51. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to supersede the exigent and any process begun against Robert de Dalton, father of John de Dalton, for divers felonies touching the rape of Margery late the wife-of Nicholas de la Beche and…

  52. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    The like, mutatis mutandis, to William de Thorp and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. . By the same writ. 7.…

  53. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    To the assessors and collectors in co. Suffolk of the wool last granted by the community of the realm. Order to supersede the exaction and levying of the wool in the lands which belonged to John de Bello Campo of Somerse…

  54. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    To the assessors and collectors in co. Surrey of the wool last granted by the community of the realm. Order to supersede the exaction and levying of the wool which the king caused to be committed to Thomas de Daggeworth …

  55. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    To the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer, Dublin. Order to to Andrew de Guldeford, 12d. a day for his wages from 26 May last henceforth so long as he is attendant upon the king's affairs in Ireland, on the said…

  56. 1347-08-10 date: inferred

    To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to supersede until the octaves of next the exigents against John de Vernoun, knight, and other begun against him in that county at the king's suit, for felonies, excesses and contempts, as …

  57. 1347-08-18 date: inferred

    Henry atte Marlepet of Harewe acknowledges that he owes to Robert Watere 131. 10s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands chattels in co. Middlesex.…

  58. 1347-09-27 date: inferred

    Richard Rokebere, late vicar of Kyngeston church, acknowledges that he to the bishop of Bath and Wells 200/.; to be levied, in default of of his lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in co. Somerset. Enrolment of a…

  59. 1347-09-27 date: inferred

    Memorandum that Richard and Robert came into chancery at Weston 6 October and acknowledged the preceding deed.…

  60. 1403-12-25 date: inferred

    Pardon to William Harwold son of John Harwold of St. Neots for the murder of Marjory his wife on Monday after the Exaltation of the Cross, 83 Henry IV, at St. Neots. By K.…

  61. 1403-12-26 date: inferred

    Grant to Luke Macquyn of the Isle of Man, scholar, so long as he shall study (scholas exncerouerit) and shall not be promoted to an ecclesiastical benefice, of an alms called perticules in the said Isle, vacant and in th…

  62. 1403-12-26 date: inferred

    Pardon to John Roche of Stratton for all felonies and trespasses committed by him, except treason, murder and rape. By p.s.…

  63. 1403-12-26 date: inferred

    Grant to Luke Macquyn of the Isle of Man, scholar, so long as he shall study and shall not be promoted to an ecclesiastical benefice, of an alms called perticles in the said Isle, vacant and in the king's gift by reason …

  64. 1403-12-28 date: inferred

    Grant to the king's esquires Thomas Gloucestre and William Brokesby, marshals of the king's hall, of the manor of Rawnore, co. Southampton, and the third parts of the manors of Southwokyngton, co. Essex, Bekyneham, co. K…

  65. 1403-12-28 date: inferred

    Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent dated 16 August, 22 Richard II, granting licence for the prioress and convent of Hynewode, co. Warwick, to appropriate the church of Charleton of Ottemore in mortmain. By p.s…

  66. 1438-10-05 date: inferred

    The like of John Cottesmore, John North, mayor of Oxford, and Marmyon to deliver the gaol of Oxford of Richard Hobcroft.…

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