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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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University of Oxford. King and council. The University of Oxford ask that their privilege,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12953
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This record is about the University of Oxford. King and council. The University of Oxford ask that their privilege,... dating from [? c. 1300-? c. 1330] 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 8/260/12953
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-? c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- University of Oxford.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The University of Oxford ask that their privilege, that any layman in the University can give his debt and his action to a poor scholar for his commons, provided that he can affirm before the Chancellor that he did not do it in deceit or fraud of anyone, which they have had from time immemorial and which has been confirmed by the King, might not be removed through anyone's suggestion.
- Nature of endorsement
- If a layman impleads a layman before the Chancellor of the university, the King's prohibition has a place.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the Latin endorsement.
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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.92 (no.1) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516897/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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