Record revealed
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'.
Series
Chancery: Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Certiorari Super Causa Captionis
Catalogue reference: C 257
What's it about?
C 257
Predominantly writs of certiorari super causa captionis of land, addressed to escheators and other officers and returned into Chancery.The most common cause given for an escheat is unlicensed alienation, including breaches of the statute of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 257
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Certiorari Super Causa Captionis
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Date (When the record was created)
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1273-c1625
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Description (What the record is about)
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Predominantly writs of certiorari super causa captionis of land, addressed to escheators and other officers and returned into Chancery.
The most common cause given for an escheat is unlicensed alienation, including breaches of the statute of mortmain, but other returns range from routine matters such as the death of a tenant-in-chief without an heir, to more serious matters including outlawry, felony and rebellion, some for adherence to the king's enemies, Scots or French.
The series also includes a small number of warrants relating to the regular duties of the escheator, orders to seize, release or assign land, goods or issues, and to assign dower.
Most of these records were formerly included in C 47 and C 202
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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58 file(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3789/
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