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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Masters and Scholars of Oxford University. [unspecified]. The masters and scholars...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/10/475
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This record is about the Masters and Scholars of Oxford University. [unspecified]. The masters and scholars... dating from [? 1300-? 1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/10/475
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1300-? 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Masters and Scholars of Oxford University.
- Addressees
- [unspecified].
- Nature of request
- The masters and scholars of Oxford University request a vacant plot in the parish of St Peter in the East in Oxford, adjoining the walls within Smithgate, where they can build schools, as the present schools are not sufficient for the number of masters, and the number of masters and scholars is growing constantly.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue a writ of Chancery as to whether it is to the harm etc., and the Treasurer, on the king's advice, will do what seems to him to be to the king's advantage.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in Oxford Petitions to some time in the reigns of Edward I or II, but dated here, on the basis of the hand, to the later part of Edward I's reign.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.107 of PRO 31/7/93
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 6371
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.110 (full edition of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.475a, no.89 (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060601/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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