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? Stray filing from lost King's Bench indictments file for Michaelmas term 1376,...
Catalogue reference: KB 9/142
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This record is about the ? Stray filing from lost King's Bench indictments file for Michaelmas term 1376,... dating from 1376 Jan 25-1377 Jan 24 in the series Court of King's Bench: Crown Side: Indictments Files, Oyer and Terminer Files and.... 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)
- KB 9/142
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1376 Jan 25-1377 Jan 24
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Description (What the record is about)
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? Stray filing from lost King's Bench indictments file for Michaelmas term 1376, Yorkshire North Riding, return to writ of certiorari dated 14 Aug 1376 with record of case concerning John Jakelyn and others, indicted of felony before Peter de Maulay and others, keepers of the peace and oyer and terminer.
Number of membranes: 2.
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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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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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- Topics
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2285562/
Series information
KB 9
Court of King's Bench: Crown Side: Indictments Files, Oyer and Terminer Files and...
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