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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Chancellor and scholars of Cambridge University. King and Parliament. The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/103/5105
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This record is about the Chancellor and scholars of Cambridge University. King and Parliament. The petitioners... dating from [1391] 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 8/103/5105
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Chancellor and scholars of Cambridge University.
- Addressees
- King and Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek consideration of the unbearably great hardships, distress, costs and charges they have sustained and carried by their attendance and pursuit of agreement in parliament, in prejudice of the university, together with the dangers to the same in their absence for lack of good governance and order, and final remedy for all grievances comprised in their petitions and for escape from their costs and hardships, and in salvation and sustenance of the clergy of the university etc.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wills, with the agreement of his council in this present parliament, that the petitioners should have a similar supersedeas until the next parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
- Westminster.
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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 2079
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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, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.512 (resulting grant of supersedeas)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149675/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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