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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Provost and Scholars of King's College, Cambridge. Commons. The petitioners seek...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/105/5202
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This record is about the Provost and Scholars of King's College, Cambridge. Commons. The petitioners seek... dating from [c. 1453] 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 8/105/5202
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1453]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Provost and Scholars of King's College, Cambridge.
- Addressees
- Commons.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek a charter from the king through the authority of the present parliament according to the tenor of several clauses, dedicating themselves to defending the true faith, extirpating heresies etc., and for the support of the poor and the sick etc., and establishing for the petitioners certain perpetual liberties, rights and properties for their future maintenance etc., and for the building of the college; all to the perpetual use of the college.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Deliver to the lords. [On dorse] The king will make to them as is desired.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
- Isleham, [Cambridgeshire]
- Tadlow, [Cambridgeshire]
- Dunton Wayletts, [Essex]
- Rockingham Forest, [Northamptonshire]
- Grantchester, [Cambridgeshire]
- Cottenham, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas [...], Abbot of St Peter's, Shrewsbury
- John [...], Bishop of Lincoln
- Robert Wodelarke, clerk
- William Towine, clerk
- Laurence Cheny, esquire
- Thomas Burgoyne
- John Ansty
- Ralph Grey
- Walter Taillard
- Henry Langley, esquire
- John Dunnehaum, clerk
- John Bedhaum
- Andrew Dogette, clerk
- John Garland, clerk
- John Colby
- Richard Rolffe
- [...], Duke of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A note on the dorse, written in an early modern hand, assigns this petition to the parliament of 31 Henry VI (1453-4).
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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 2457
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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)
- English and Latin
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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/C9149772/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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