Charter
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Item
Charter of 50 Henry III: De taxacionibus faciendis domum scholarium de quinquennio in quinquennium, 7 Feb. 1265/6
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Luard 1*
Scope and Contents
Letters patent of grant by Henry III to Chancellor and Masters allowing a five-yearly assessment of the rents of houses inhabited by scholars to be made by two Masters and two Burgesses. Given at Westminster. Bears tag for seal.
Dates:
7 Feb. 1265/6
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Charters, letters patent, mandates and other official documents, 1266 - 1771
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Luard
Scope and Contents
As an autonomous corporation the University has as its designation 'the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge'. The University is custodian of its own charters of privilege, title-deeds and administrative records. The charters are particularly important in that they determine the nature of the University as a privileged institution.The University has no foundation charter and, indeed no known founder. It does not possess the first authentic recognition...
Dates:
1266 - 1771
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
Charters of Henry III, 1266 - 1270
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Luard 1*-3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As an autonomous corporation the University has as its designation 'the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge'. The University is custodian of its own charters of privilege, title-deeds and administrative records. The charters are particularly important in that they determine the nature of the University as a privileged institution.The University has no foundation charter and, indeed no known founder. It does not possess the first authentic recognition...
Dates:
1266 - 1270
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).