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Plea roll for the Court of King’s Bench, with a portrait of Henry VIII
This record of disputes taken to court in 1518, written in abbreviated Latin, includes a vivid portrait of the reigning monarch at the time.
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CHANCERY: Criminal inquisitions returned into Chancery, with index to counties, etc,...
Catalogue reference: OBS 1/1545
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CHANCERY: Criminal inquisitions returned into Chancery, with index to counties, etc, Hen III-Hen VI (C 144)
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