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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. Damaged petition, firstly...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/132/6593
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This record is about the Chancellor and scholars of the University of Oxford. King. Damaged petition, firstly... dating from [c. 1350] 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 8/132/6593
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1350]
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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
- Damaged petition, firstly regarding a grievance against the mayor and burgesses of Oxford (the details of which are lost), and secondly concerning the university's jurisdiction over excommunicated persons.
- Nature of endorsement
- As to the first point, it seems to the council that it is already in operation; as to the second, the king should grant it. The petition was taken to the king by the chancellor, and the king granted the matter for six years.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1350-4, p.226.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of a writ formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/132/6594
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IX, 1350-1354, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.226 (resulting grant)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), pp.137-138 (edition of petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1352, appendix no.10 (summary of petition and references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208774/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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