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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Clerks of the University of Oxford. King and council. Petition in three parts, relating...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/132/6574
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This record is about the Clerks of the University of Oxford. King and council. Petition in three parts, relating... dating from [? 1377-? 1399] 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 8/132/6574
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1377-? 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Clerks of the University of Oxford.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Petition in three parts, relating to the assize of weights and measures, the price of wine, and the assize of bread and ale.
- Nature of endorsement
- Letters patent granted on the second point.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Mayor of Oxford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Oxford Petitions, p. 142, to the reign of Richard II, although the hand may suggest that the petition is somewhat earlier.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.142 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208755/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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