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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund de Spekkote; Walter Tauntefer. de Spekkote; Tauntefer Edmund; Walter King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3564
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This record is about the Edmund de Spekkote; Walter Tauntefer. de Spekkote; Tauntefer Edmund; Walter King... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. 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 8/72/3564
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund de Spekkote; Walter Tauntefer.
- Name(s)
- de Spekkote; Tauntefer, Edmund; Walter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Spekkote, and Tauntefer for the king, request that judgement be rendered according to the process of the plea and according to what the king and council have ordained for conspiracies, and that the record and process be brought at a certain day for the profit of the king and the disinherited men. They sued a plaint of conspiracy against Molyns and others in the assizes held in Devon and they were attainted by solemn inquest, but by their conspiracy an assize of mort d'ancestor was passed against Spekkote and he was disinherited and taxed for damages to 100 marks which still remains to be rendered.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is ordered to the justices that they should proceed to render judgement according to the custom; and if there are any difficulties by which they are not able to proceed then they should bring the record before the king.
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- John de Bateford, Justice of Assize
- John Randolf, Justice of Assize
- Richard de Molyns
- Henry de Donesme
- Henry de la Chapele
- John de la Pomeraye
- John de Metyngham, Justice of the Bench.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively assigned to the first quarter of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 7263
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107338/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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