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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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Chancellor, masters and clerks of Cambridge University. King and council. The chancellor,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13220
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This record is about the Chancellor, masters and clerks of Cambridge University. King and council. The chancellor,... dating from [c. 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 8/265/13220
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Chancellor, masters and clerks of Cambridge University.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The chancellor, masters and clerks of Cambridge University request remedy because the hostels of scholars, which previously were taxed by two masters and two burgesses of the town by the King's charter, have been fraudulently leased by the burgess of the town to lay people for nine or ten years, to maliciously unhouse the scholars contrary to the charter of the university.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- it should be done according to the custom [Cancelled].2) It should be ordered by writ of Chancery that it should be done according to the form of the charter and according to the custom of the university.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1305, with reference to SC 8/257/12819.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from the same petitioners see SC 8/257/12819
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517167/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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