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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Chancellor, master and clerks of the University of Cambridge. King and council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/257/12819
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This record is about the Chancellor, master and clerks of the University of Cambridge. King and council. The... dating from [1305] 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 8/257/12819
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Chancellor, master and clerks of the University of Cambridge.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Chancellor, master and clerks of the University of Cambridge ask that those with meat, fish or other victuals to sell might be able to sell at retail in Cambridge, both to the scholars and to the townspeople, notwithstanding the claim of the burgesses that only they can sell at retail within their franchise.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] It is answered by the petition of the University of Oxford.[On dorse] It is answered by the petition of the University of Oxford in this way: it is to be prohibited by writ of Chancery that this should be done there or in other towns of England; but that they are to allow these merchants to sell their merchandise by their own hands, provided that they do not sell at retail, on pain of severe penalty and imprisonment, in the King's court when they wish to sue there.Expedited.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Memoranda de Parliamento p.46 (no. 72) prints a similar petition from the University of Oxford with a similar response, which would seem to be the Oxford petition mentioned by the endorsement: this would date this petition to the Lent parliament of 1305.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/265/13220
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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)
- Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), p.46 (no.72) (enrolment on parliament roll of a similar petition from the University of Oxford, with a similar response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440431/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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