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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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The Burgesses of Cambridge. King and Council. The petitioners seek a remedy for various...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4970
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This record is about the The Burgesses of Cambridge. King and Council. The petitioners seek a remedy for various... 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 8/100/4970
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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 a remedy for various breaches of their rights and charters by the chancellor and university of Cambridge, such as the presentation of common law clerks for trespass to their court leets and halmotes, and imprisoning them in the king's gaol contrary to the common law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England
- Chancellor of Cambridge University.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively to 1317 by association with SC 8/100/4967.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/100/4967
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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 1762
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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/C9149537/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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