Piece
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
Item
Burgesses of the town of Cambridge. King and council. 1) The Burgesses request the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/11/523
What’s it about?
This record is about the Burgesses of the town of Cambridge. King and council. 1) The Burgesses request the... dating from [1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Is it available online?
Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.
Can I see it in person?
No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/11/523
-
Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
- Petitioners
- Burgesses of the town of Cambridge.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- 1) The Burgesses request the ratification and confirmation of their charters and franchises which were granted by the king's progenitors and confirmed by his father with the addition of a clause 'licet'.2) Further because there are two communities in the town, clerk and lay, each with franchises and privileges, they request that if the clerks have a petition before going forward, the burgesses be called with sufficient warning to show what they have for them on it.3) The burgesses have the farm of the town and pay £62 at the Exchequer, however they have nothing certain for this apart from small tolls and customs from foreign merchants selling their merchandise on market day, and this is undone by franchises and grants to great lords and their tenants. They request that the king grant in aid of their farm that they be able to approve little vennels and waste places in the town and build and occupy them without infringing the estate of the king or other men.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to sue before the chancellor and treasurer who have the power to receive fines for confirmations, and for a reasonable fine made before them will confirm the charters confirmed by Edward II with the clause 'licet', with the same clause by the current king.2) Let it be done.3) Touching approvements, good men are to be assigned to enquire of people outside of the town if the king is able to make their request without damage to him or others, and of other requisite articles, and when the inquest has been returned, the king will take advice.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire].
-
Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1330 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.31 which records that this is from a Hale manuscript of petitions in parliament of 4 Edward III at Westminster after the feast of St Katherine (25 November).
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 1771
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- French
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
-
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.47a (no.65) (full edition of a later copy of the original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp. 31-51, no. 65 (summary of references)
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060650/
How to order it
- View this record page in our current catalogue
- Check viewing and downloading options
- Select an option and follow instructions
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
74,884 records
Within the department: SC
Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
18,283 records
Within the series: SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
60 records
Within the piece: SC 8/11
501-550. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item level.
You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/11/523
Burgesses of the town of Cambridge. King and council. 1) The Burgesses request the...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.