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Returned oyer and terminer commission, Kent, held by Richard Nevill of Latamer and...
Catalogue reference: KB 9/51
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KB 9/51
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1495
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Returned oyer and terminer commission, Kent, held by Richard Nevill of Latamer and associates at Deptford on 23 and 25 May 1495, under commission for various treasons, etc in Kent, dated 20 May 1495 (not in CPR 1494-1509): file (mm 1-16) and enrolment (m17-18). Delivered into King's Bench on 1 June 1495. Treason trials of Roger Harlakenden, John Pylkyngton and John White, for complicity in the treasons of Perkin Warbeck.
Number of membranes: 19.
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Treason and rebellion
- Crime
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