PROVISIONS OF See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• PROVISIONS OF OXFORD
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

OXFORD  , the articles constituting a preliminary See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of reform enacted by a See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament which met at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford (See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England) on the 11th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1258 . See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III. had promised on the 2nd of May that the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of his See also:

• REALM

realm should be rectified and reformed by twenty-four counsellors who were to meet at Oxford for this purpose five See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks later . Twelve of these counsellors were chosen by the king, and twelve by the earls and barons . When the parliament met each twelve of these twenty-four See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose two from the other twelve, and this See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of four was empowered, subject to the approval of the whole See also:

• BODY

body, to elect a king's See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of fifteen members . The twenty-four then provided that the new council should meet three times a See also:

• YEAR

year in parliaments to which twelve commissioners were to be summoned to discuss the affairs of the realm on behalf of the whole community . Another body of twenty-four was appointed to treat of an aid, which was probably the aid which had been demanded earlier in the year . On the 22nd of June the king appointed new wardens of some of the castles which were then in the custody of his Poitevin See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers and their See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, and on the same See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day he gave directions that the twenty-four should proceed with the See also:

• WORK

work of reform, and the committee of four with the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of the council of fifteen . Meanwhile it was provided that the sheriffs and the three See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of state were to hold See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office for a year only, and to render accounts at the expiration of their terms of office . On the 24th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August in pursuance of a See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision by the parliament the king directed four knights in each See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county to inquire into the trespasses and wrongs which had been committed by sheriffs, bailiffs and other officials . For many of the grievances of the barons the Oxford parliament provided no remedy; and they were only partly redressed by the Provisions of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster in the autumn of 1259 . The king declared his See also:

• ADHESION (from Lat. adhaerere, to adhere)

adhesion to the Provisions of Oxford on the 18th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October by proclamations in See also:

• ENGLISH

English, See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and Latin, but in 1261, having obtained a papal See also:

• DISPENSATION

dispensation from his See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of observance, he entirely repudiated them . The barons, however, insisted on his See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation to observe the provisions, and the dispute was eventually referred to the See also:

• ARBITRATION (Lat. arbitrari, to examine or judge)
• ARBITRATION, INTERNATIONAL

arbitration of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis IX. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, who formally annulled them on the 23rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1264, but expressly declared that his decision was not to invalidate the privileges, liberties and laudable customs of the realm of England, which had existed before the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the provisions .

No See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of the Provisions of Oxford has been preserved, and our knowledge of them is chiefly derived from a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of notes and extracts entered in the See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals of See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (1804-1860)

Burton See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey, which are probably neither exhaustive nor in correct See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . See the Annales monastici, vol. i . (Burton), edited by H . R . Luard for the Rolls series; Patent Rolls, Henry III . (printed See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text); Foedera (Record See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission edition) ; W . See also:

• STUBBS [STUBBES], PHILIP (c. 1555-c. 161o)
• STUBBS [STUnnE], JOHN
• STUBBS, WILLIAM (1825-1901)

Stubbs, Constitutional See also:

• HISTORY

History and Select Charters, and See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• BEMONT, CHARLES (1848— )

Bemont, See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon de See also:

• MONTFORT
• MONTFORT, SIMON DE, EARL OF LEICESTER (d. 1265)

Montfort (1884) .