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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Mustard. Mustard William King and council. Mustard requests justice against...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8184
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This record is about the William Mustard. Mustard William King and council. Mustard requests justice against... dating from [c. 1440] 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 8/164/8184
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Mustard.
- Name(s)
- Mustard, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Mustard requests justice against Trelawne and Tregary who, with their associates, lay in wait at night at the churchyard of St Thomas at Launceston to murder the petitioner who was then taking supper with the prior of Launceston, and who have held certain lands of the petitioner for over nine years, destroying his oak and ash trees and paying no rent, to his harm of over 10 marks, and who came with force into Devon and left 24 of his oxen and cattle there, and who broke his coffer and stole his deeds and evidences for his lands and tenements, and who stole his horse, all of which is common knowledge in the area.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Launceston, Cornwall
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- William Trelawne, squire
- Thomas Tregary
- Prior of Launceston
- Stephen Cryse, skinner
- William Brook, tailor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1440, with reference to CPR 1436-41, p. 547, a 1441 pardon to Mustard with acquittal of all fines and penalties concerning breach of the peace and recovery of all his lands.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.547 (pardon to Mustard)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294029/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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