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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The Burgesses of Cambridge. King and Council. The petitioners seek an enquiry into...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4967
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This record is about the The Burgesses of Cambridge. King and Council. The petitioners seek an enquiry into... dating from [c. 1317] 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 8/100/4967
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The Burgesses of Cambridge.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek an enquiry into the behaviour of the chancellor and university of Cambridge, who have, by colour of an article of their charter from King Henry, wrongly prosecuted a lay clerk for trespass, bound him in a certain sum and imprisoned him in danger of his life without regard and due process, and they have done the same to various laity of the commonality of the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- Shown in the parliament at Westminster in year ten, and no answer was made to them.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry [III], King of England
- Chancellor of Cambridge University.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on the guard suggest that the 'year ten' referred to in the endorsement is 10 Edward III, but no parliament was held at Westminster in that year and, on the basis of the hand, the petition would seem to be earlier: in is dated here tentatively to the time of the parliament held in April 1317 (10 Edward II)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/100/4970
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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 1757
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149534/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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