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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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University of Oxford. King. The University requests letters . . . and henceforth...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7762
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This record is about the University of Oxford. King. The University requests letters . . . and henceforth... dating from [1375-1400] 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 8/156/7762
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375-1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- University of Oxford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The University requests letters . . . and henceforth no writs be granted against their privileges and scholars arrested by lay people of the town by writs that they have obtained be let out of prison, and be at the punishment of the University according to their statutes.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1375-1400 on the basis of the hand and structure of the petition. Strangely the petition is ascribed a date of Edward I by Toulmin-Smith (Oxford Petitions, pp.95-6).
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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), pp.95-6 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209954/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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