The People of 1381
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| Type | Petition |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA SC 8/102/5089 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Cambridgeshire |
| Published source (may be more than one) | English summary taken from the TNA catalogue entry, compiled as part of the AHRC project 'Medieval Petitions: A Catalogue of Exchequer, Chancery and Gascon petitions in the National Archives', led by W. Mark Ormrod (2006-7) |
| Text (English translation) | The petitioners seek restoration of their liberties and privileges in the town and suburbs of Cambridge as those granted to the university of Oxford, since the university cannot be sustained without liberties and privileges to the scholars. They show that lately the burgesses and commonality of the town during this great trouble in the realm have shown the university great malice and hatred, and assembled in great routs and attacked and damaged the chests and the treasury of the university. They also burned all the charters and muniments from the king and his predecessors for the aforesaid liberties and privileges etc. They also compelled all the scholars to remit their liberties and enter into bonds for great sums always to have the order and governance of the mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of the town on pain of their lives. They attacked the colleges and the houses of the scholars with the intent of destroying the university. Response: [None.]. |
| General Information | [c. 1381] Dated from internal evidence to the period shortly after the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and the associated rising in Cambridge. |
People
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| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3734 | Petition from Cambridge University complaining of injustices committed by the burgesses of the town in the rising | The petitioners seek restoration of their liberties and privileges in the town and suburbs of Cambridge as those granted to the university of Oxford, since the university cannot be sustained without liberties and privileges to the scholars. They show that lately the burgesses and commonality of the town during this great trouble in the realm have shown the university great malice and hatred, and assembled in great routs and attacked and damaged the chests and the treasury of the university. They also burned all the charters and muniments from the king and his predecessors for the aforesaid liberties and privileges etc. They also compelled all the scholars to remit their liberties and enter into bonds for great sums always to have the order and governance of the mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of the town on pain of their lives. They attacked the colleges and the houses of the scholars with the intent of destroying the university. | Arson: burning of documents,Trespass to chattels: extortion and forcible fine | Go to incidents page |
