Provisions of Oxford

E238997

constitutional reform legal document medieval charter

The Provisions of Oxford were a set of constitutional reforms imposed on King Henry III of England in 1258 that limited royal authority and established baronial control over government.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Provisions of Oxford canonical	7
Ordinances of Oxford	1
Provisions of Westminster	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional reform ⓘ legal document ⓘ medieval charter ⓘ
aimedAt	curbing misgovernment ⓘ reforming royal finances ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Provisions of Oxford ⓘ surface form: Ordinances of Oxford
appliesTo	Henry III of England ⓘ
challenged	traditional royal prerogative ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
created	council of fifteen ⓘ
dateEnacted	1258 ⓘ
dateRevoked	1261 ⓘ
established	baronial council ⓘ
followedBy	Provisions of Westminster ⓘ
genre	constitutional document ⓘ
historicalPeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced	English constitutional history ⓘ development of the English Parliament ⓘ
language	Anglo-Norman ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Norman French Latin ⓘ
legalStatus	annulled ⓘ
limited	royal authority ⓘ
placeSigned	Oxford ⓘ
predecessor	Magna Carta ⓘ
providedFor	accountability of sheriffs ⓘ appointment of ministers by the council ⓘ baronial oversight of royal officials ⓘ
regulated	castellan appointments ⓘ local government ⓘ royal administration ⓘ sheriffs ⓘ
reignOf	Henry III of England ⓘ
required	regular parliaments ⓘ thrice-yearly parliaments ⓘ
restricted	foreign influence at court ⓘ royal patronage ⓘ
resultOf	baronial opposition to Henry III ⓘ political crisis of 1258 ⓘ
revokedBy	Henry III of England ⓘ Papal bull of 1261 ⓘ
strengthened	baronial control ⓘ
subject	financial reform ⓘ judicial reform ⓘ royal council reform ⓘ
supportedBy	English baronial reformers ⓘ Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ⓘ
temporalContext	Second Barons' War period ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Barons' War → relatedReform → Provisions of Oxford ⓘ

Battle of Lewes → relatedTo → Provisions of Oxford ⓘ

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester → supportedDocument → Provisions of Oxford ⓘ

Dictum of Kenilworth → relatedTo → Provisions of Oxford ⓘ

Provisions of Oxford → alsoKnownAs → Provisions of Oxford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ordinances of Oxford

Mise of Amiens → relatedDocument → Provisions of Oxford ⓘ

Mise of Lewes agreement → relatedTo → Provisions of Oxford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provisions of Westminster

Mise of Lewes → follows → Provisions of Oxford ⓘ