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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Knights of Yorkshire King and council The knights of Yorkshire state that several...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2274
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This record is about the Knights of Yorkshire King and council The knights of Yorkshire state that several... dating from [c. 1335] 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 8/46/2274
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Knights of Yorkshire
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The knights of Yorkshire state that several of their kinsmen, scholars at Oxford University, have been forced to flee Oxford, in fear of their lives, because of the disputes and violent brawls which have broken out among the scholars there, and have withdrawn to Stamford to study there, with the permission of John, Earl Warenne, the lord of the town. They request the king's protection for these scholars.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Yorkshire
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
- Stamford, [Lincolnshire]
- People mentioned
- Scholars of Oxford University
- John [de Warenne], Earl Warenne
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The commission for CIM 1307-49 no.1449 is dated at York, 7 June 9 Edward III (1335). The suppression of the school at Stamford at the instigation of the University of Oxford in 1335 is well attested in accounts of the University.
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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 9014
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1449 (inquisition finding that various scholars have continued to hold a school at Stamford after and contrary to the king's prohibitions)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062484/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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