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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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Burgesses of Cambridge. King and council. The burgesses of Cambridge request remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/279/13902
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This record is about the Burgesses of Cambridge. King and council. The burgesses of Cambridge request remedy... dating from [1327-1377] 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 8/279/13902
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Cambridge.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Cambridge request remedy because, whereas the King granted to the University of Cambridge that if a clerk breaks the law he should be taken and imprisoned until released by the chancellor, the chancellor releases them without amends being made emboldening them to re-offend, and that if anyone trespasses against a clerk he should be imprisoned until he has made amends, so that whenever a clerk complains the trespasser is kept in prison without being brought into court, when he is often innocent of the trespass and cannot be released by any writ.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ should go to the chancellor of the university that he should come to the Exchequer concerning any of the burgesses named within at the next Parliament, for him and the whole university.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- University of Cambridge.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition dates to the reign of Edward III. In 1418 the chancellor and scholars of Cambridge state that Edward III had issued letters to the mayor and bailiffs of the town of Cambridge forbidding them to release any prisoner committed by the chancellor or his deputy pursuant to any writ ('Folios ccxxi - ccxxxi: Nov 1418 - ', Calendar of letter-books of the city of London: I: 1400-1422 (1909), pp. 206-19).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal letters 2747.
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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/C9517850/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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