The Durham Oath

Hi all,

Does anyone happen to know the reference for the document which contains that interesting oath Richard administered to his tenants/ retainers around the time of Clarence's downfall. Came to light about 2004, I think, on the back of another document.

If I can get the reference, I plan to order a copy. I have an idea it's in the Durham archives, but I may be wrong.

Marie

Marie,

Unfortunately no, but I hope someone else does..! I'd like to read it too...



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Hi all,

Does anyone happen to know the reference for the document which contains
that interesting oath Richard administered to his tenants/ retainers around
the time of Clarence's downfall. Came to light about 2004, I think, on the
back of another document.

If I can get the reference, I plan to order a copy. I have an idea it's in
the Durham archives, but I may be wrong.

Marie

I searched Google Books and found a potential source in the Calendar of
Patent Rolls here
<http://books.google.com/books?id=k1xnAAAAMAAJ&q=1478+Oath+Richard+Duke+\
of+Gloucester+Durham&dq=1478+Oath+Richard+Duke+of+Gloucester+Durham&hl=e\
n&ei=mZcjTORnwYadB96ieQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q\
6AEwAg> .

Joan
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--- In , mariewalsh2003
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone happen to know the reference for the document which
contains that interesting oath Richard administered to his tenants/
retainers around the time of Clarence's downfall. Came to light about
2004, I think, on the back of another document.
>
> If I can get the reference, I plan to order a copy. I have an idea
it's in the Durham archives, but I may be wrong.
>
> Marie
>

--- In , "Joan" <u2nohoo@...> wrote:
>
> I searched Google Books and found a potential source in the Calendar of
> Patent Rolls here
> <http://books.google.com/books?id=k1xnAAAAMAAJ&q=1478+Oath+Richard+Duke+\
> of+Gloucester+Durham&dq=1478+Oath+Richard+Duke+of+Gloucester+Durham&hl=e\
> n&ei=mZcjTORnwYadB96ieQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q\
> 6AEwAg> .


Egad -- John Morton again! Is there anything that doesn't involve John Morton?

But this isn't THE John Morton, I don't think, due to the way he is identified. Maybe it's nephew John Morton, or, as so often happens, a completely unrelated man with the same name.

Katy