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Returned oyer and terminer commission, held 3-4 Aug 1444 at Reading by John Fortescue...
Catalogue reference: KB 9/1051
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- KB 9/1051
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1444
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Returned oyer and terminer commission, held 3-4 Aug 1444 at Reading by John Fortescue and associates, under commission dated 11 July 1444 for all treasons, felonies, trespasses, etc. in Berkshire (CPR 1441-1446, 292): file, mm 1-27; enrolment, m 28; record and process of King's Bench proceedings 1444 Trinity, mm 29-37. Trial of Thomas Kerver gentleman, late of Reading, for treason.
Number of membranes: 37.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Recovered from unsorted common law writs sacks and added in 1969-1970. See English Historical Review, XC (1975), 331-346
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Treason and rebellion
- Crime
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