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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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Chancellor and scholars of the University of Oxford. King. Request for confirmation...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/132/6579
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This record is about the Chancellor and scholars of the University of Oxford. King. Request for confirmation... dating from [c. 1377-c. 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 8/132/6579
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377-c. 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Chancellor and scholars of the University of Oxford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Request for confirmation of charters of privilege of the university.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:] Granted by the king.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Oxford Petitions to the reign of Edward I, but the hand is clearly much later and is suggested here as of the reign of Richard II.
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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.96 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208760/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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