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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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Mayor and burgesses of Cambridge. King and council. The mayor and burgesses of Cambridge...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15636
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This record is about the Mayor and burgesses of Cambridge. King and council. The mayor and burgesses of Cambridge... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1375] 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 8/331/15636
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and burgesses of Cambridge.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and burgesses of Cambridge complain that whereas it was granted by charter to the chancellor of Cambridge University that no regrater of the town should sell food before terce, the chancellor and masters are keeping the resulting amercements for themselves instead of delivering them to the King.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ should be sent, containing the effect of this petition, to the chancellor of the university etc. ordering him to attempt nothing contrary to the form of the charter granted to them etc.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- Chancellor of Cambridge University
- masters of Cambridge University.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated impressionistically, on the basis of the hand and form, to the second or third quarters of the fourteenth century.
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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/C9683047/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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