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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Chancellor and scholars of the University of Cambridge. King and council. The Chancellor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/257/12850
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This record is about the Chancellor and scholars of the University of Cambridge. King and council. The Chancellor... dating from [? 1378] 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 8/257/12850
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Chancellor and scholars of the University of Cambridge.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Chancellor and scholars of the University of Cambridge make four requests:1) They ask the King and council to ratify and confirm their liberties and franchises, with the clause 'licet', without paying a fine or fee for this.2) They ask that in augmentation of their privileges wines brought to the university might be sold there at London prices, with a halfpenny more per gallon to the vendor for the carriage from London; as is done at Oxford and elsewhere.3) They state that the Mayor and Bailiffs of Cambridge punish again trespassers handed over to them by the University, who have already been punished before the Chancellor. They ask that it might be put as a point of charter that those who have been punished once in this way are not to be punished again.4) They state that the Mayor does not wish to come to the forfeiture of goods bought by retailers before the third hour and ask that the Chancellor might have power to put this into execution in his absence, if he has once been instructed to attend.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to the first article: It is assented that they are to have confirmation of their [franchises] with the clause 'licet' without paying any fine or fee for the . . .A writ is to be sent to the Mayor and Bailiffs of Cambridge to be before the [King] three weeks after Michaelmas next, bringing with them three or four of the most worthy and most wise of the said town, to inform the said council of certain matters touching the town . . .
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
- London
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Mayor and Bailiffs of Cambridge.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to 1378 with reference to CChR 1341-1417 p.247, which is dated 4 July 1378.
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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)
- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.247 (inspeximus and confirmation of charters with the clause 'licet')
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440462/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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