Collectanea. Third series / edited by Montagu Burrows.

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1896
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    old at the accession of Edw. I; he was banished with his son in 1321 (i4Edw. II), and died in 1326. As he is not spoken of as ‘the late,’ this petition may be dated before 1326. See another complaint against him, No. 70. Sir John de Handlo, his sub-warden of the forests this side Trent, was himself Warden of Shotover forest in 1331. Wood’s ‘ City of O.xford,’ i. 275 (Oxford Hist. Soc.). 45. Anc. Pet.j File 200, No. 9994. Abstract. To the King and Council: the Burgesses of Oxford show ? Cura that by their charters they are of the same franchises, customs, and ^ laws as the citizens of London, quit of toll and all other dues by land and 1315. and water throughout the king’s realm (par tot le power le Rois), which charters were confirmed by King Edward, father to the present l^ing j—pray the king to confirm them, and to declare distinctly and in express words the points in them that are general, so that they can be shown to the Council or in Parliament. The said points were defined and examined by Sire William de Ayrmynne and Sire Johan de Foxlee, but have been delayed. And if none of the points be rejected [pray] that they may henceforth use them. Endorsement. Agreed by the Council that those who ask that their charters may be confirmed without new clauses shall come to the Chancery and show their charters, and they will be confirmed in thf due manner, by fine, &c.; and, as to the new liberties, nothing at present. Latin, abstract. Sir William de Ayrmynne was a clerk who several times appears on the Rolls of Parliament from 1306 to 1315 in positions of trust; he was made Chancellor by Edw. II during his absence in 1320 (Rymer, iii. 839). John de Foxle (or Foxley), according to the Rolls, served his country from 1306 till his death in 1324 ; he was Baron of the Exchequer in 1308, and one of the King’s Justices in 1315 and 1321. He had a grandson of the same name, also named on the Rolls, who died 1377. For some of these facts see Prof. M. Burrows’ ‘Hist, of the Family of Brocas of Beaurepaire, &c.,’ pp. 282, 284. See No. 79, on the subject of this petition. 46. Anc. Pet., File 169, No. 8444. Abstract. To the King and Council: the Chancellor and scholars 8 Edw. II, of the University. Whereas there was formerly a quarrel between the Chancellor, &c., on one hand, and the burgesses of the town on the other, which was brought before Parliament after Easter in the tenth year of King Edward, father of the present king, and a composi-