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Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
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In three parts: Part 1: Special oyer and terminer roll and file. Principal defendants...
Catalogue reference: KB 8/7
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This record is about the In three parts: Part 1: Special oyer and terminer roll and file. Principal defendants... dating from 1535 Apr 22-1536 Apr 21 in the series Court of King's Bench: Crown Side: Baga de Secretis. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KB 8/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1535 Apr 22-1536 Apr 21
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Description (What the record is about)
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In three parts:
Part 1: Special oyer and terminer roll and file. Principal defendants and charges: Robert Feron alias Fern, John Hale, clerks, high treason, exciting sedition and rebellion; Carthusian priors of London, Charterhouse, Axholme, Beavale and Syon, high treason, denying the king's supremacy, 27 Hen VIII. 14 membranes.
Part 2: Special oyer and terminer roll and file. Principal defendants and charges: John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and three monks of the London Charterhouse, high treason, denial of the king's supremacy, 27 Hen VIII. 14 membranes.
Part 3: Special oyer and terminer roll and file. Principal defendants and charges: Sir Thomas More, high treason, denial of the king's supremacy, 27 Hen VIII. 10 membranes.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Conflict
- Treason and rebellion
- Crime
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KB 8
Court of King's Bench: Crown Side: Baga de Secretis
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