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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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University of Oxford. King. [The petition is fragmentary, but it appears to be a...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/65/3225
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This record is about the University of Oxford. King. [The petition is fragmentary, but it appears to be a... dating from [? 1325] 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 8/65/3225
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- University of Oxford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is fragmentary, but it appears to be a complaint that money raised for repair of the walls has not been spent on this. It requests a writ to the Mayor and burgesses, or that auditors be appointed.]
- Nature of endorsement
- [No longer legible. A few words only - 'petition in . . . king' and 'certain faithful people' - can be made out.]
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Mayor and burgesses of Oxford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR p.223 is dated 8 July 1325. Not enough of the petition survives to be sure that this is the incident referred to, but it seems plausible.
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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 6392
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.223 (commission of oyer et terminer to inquire into the accounts of the murage recently granted to Oxford, which appears to have been mis-spent)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.92 (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106989/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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