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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and burgesses of Oxford Commons in parliament The petitioners state that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1388
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This record is about the Mayor and burgesses of Oxford Commons in parliament The petitioners state that they... dating from [1455] 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 8/28/1388
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1455]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and burgesses of Oxford
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that they are burdened with the farm and other charges which were charged when the town was better populated. It is now waste because of statutes that prevent the men of the town taking apprentices whose parents do not have 20s. freehold annually. The town and university are being ruined by this. They request that it be lawful to take such apprentices with the assent of the parents as the citizens of London do.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes to be advised.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
- London
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1455 by the heading in Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.337 where this petition is noted as being of 33 Hen. VI.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an almost identical, earlier document see SC 8/132/6599
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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 6340
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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)
- English
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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), pp.158-9 (no. 128) (full edition and discussion of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.337b-338a (no.16) (full transcription of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061573/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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