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Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
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3 Edw I Rape of Bramber: Brightford hundred; Wyndham half-hundred; Midhurst borough;...
Catalogue reference: SC 5/SUSSEX/CHAPTER/1
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This record is about the 3 Edw I Rape of Bramber: Brightford hundred; Wyndham half-hundred; Midhurst borough;... dating from 1274 Nov 20-1275 Nov 19 in the series Special Collections: Hundred Rolls and Eyre Veredicta. 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)
- SC 5/SUSSEX/CHAPTER/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1274 Nov 20-1275 Nov 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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3 Edw I
- Rape of Bramber: Brightford hundred; Wyndham half-hundred; Midhurst borough; Burbeach hundred; Steyning borough; East Easwrith hundred; West Grinstead hundred; Bramber borough; Steyning hundred; Fishergate half-hundred; Horsham borough; Shoreham borough;and Tipnoak hundred (m 1)
- Rape of Pevensey: Rotherfield hundred (m 1)
- Rape of Pevensey: East Grinstead borough; Seaford vill; Eastbourne hundred; East Grinstead hundred; Middleton half-hundred; Dill hundred; Shiplake hundred; Hartfield hundred; Totnore hundred; and Willingdon hundred (m 2)
- Rape of Pevensey: Loxfield hundred; Rushmonden hundred; Dill hundred; Flexborough hundred; and Longbridge hundred (m 3)
- Rape of Lewes: Poynings hundred; Lewes borough; Southover half-hundred; Fishergate half-hundred; Swanborough hundred; Younsmere hundred; Holmstrow hundred; Wyndham hundred; Buttinghill hundred; Barcombe hundred; Whalesbone hundred; and Street hundred (m 4)
- Rape of Chichester: Dumpford hundred; Pagham hundred; Box and Stockbridge hundred; Easebourne hundred; Manhood hundred; Bosham hundred; Singleton hundred; Westbourne hundred; and Chichester city (m 5)
- Rape of Arundel: Poling hundred; Rotherbridge hundred; Avisford hundred; Bury hundred; Arundel borough; and West Easwrith hundred (m 6)
- Rape of Hastings: Foxearle hundred; Ninfield hundred; Netherfield half-hundred; and Shoyswell hundred (m 6)
- Rape of Hastings: Baldslow hundred; Hawkesborough hundred; Gostrow hundred; Staple hundred; Bexhill hundred; Goldspur hundred; Henhurst hundred; and Guestling hundred (m 7)
- `De ministris': Rape of Hastings, Rape of Pevensey and Rape of Lewes (m 7)
- [Placita corone in diverse hundreds] (m 8). This record has been restored to its position as m 25 of JUST 1/921
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- NOTE - roll of 8mm containing extracts of inquisitions NOTE - printed in Rotuli Hundredorum, II, pp 201-219; m 8 which contains placita corone in several hundreds, not printed
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4558969/
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Special Collections: Hundred Rolls and Eyre Veredicta
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