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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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Master and scholars of University College, Oxford. King and council. [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/341/16063
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This record is about the Master and scholars of University College, Oxford. King and council. [This petition... dating from [? c. 1384] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/341/16063
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and scholars of University College, Oxford.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged and faded, and is almost illegible.] The Master and scholars complain about plots and false lawsuits brought by lay people to disinherit their university, and in particular about a recent suit brought by a man and his wife [probably the Edmund and Idonia Fraunceys mentioned in related petitions].
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- If the man and his wife are the Edmund and Idonia Fraunceys mentioned in related petitions, this petition would seem to date from c. 1384, and date which accords well with the hand and language.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another petition by the same petitioners is SC 8/19/915A
A writ occasioned by this petition is SC 8/19/915B
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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/C9736544/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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