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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Chancellor and the University of Cambridge King and council The petitioners complain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/38/1900
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This record is about the Chancellor and the University of Cambridge King and council The petitioners complain... dating from [c. 1291] 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 8/38/1900
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1291]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Chancellor and the University of Cambridge
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners complain that people of Cambridge came to a house where Cambridge scholars had been invited and wounded them from which wounds Grysele died. The bailiffs have done nothing so that they request that the king by his grace order that an inquisition be made and that amends of this common trespass be made and that the clerks of his university and be able to reside in safety and in peace.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is answered elsewhere, namely by an assize of the justices.
- Places mentioned
- Cauntebrygge (Cambridge), [Cambridgeshire]
- People mentioned
- Geoffrey de Grysele, scholar of Cambridge
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition presumably predates the pardon of Reginald de Bokesworth of his outlawry for the murder of Grysele because he had surrendered at Cambridge gaol to stand trial which was issued on 4 January 1292 (CPR 1281-92, p.466)
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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 1743
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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 I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.466 (pardon to Reginald de Bokesworth of his outlawry on his surrender to stand trial for the murder of Grysele)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062103/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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