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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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Burgesses of Cambridge King The burgesses request that the king grant to them pavage...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/37/1843
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This record is about the Burgesses of Cambridge King The burgesses request that the king grant to them pavage... dating from [? 1331] 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 8/37/1843
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Cambridge
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request that the king grant to them pavage for five years to improve the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- 1) Coram rege.2) They should have it for three years.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A grant of pavage was made to the mayor, bailiffs and men of Cambridge on 16 February 1331 but this was for two years and not three (CPR 1330-4, p.75). The guard provides a reference to Cooper's Annals of Cambridge, vol. I, p.85.
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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 1732
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.75 (grant of pavage to the mayor, bailiffs and men for two years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062045/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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