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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth Strelley, wife of John Strelley. Strelley Elizabeth King. Strelley requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8788
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This record is about the Elizabeth Strelley, wife of John Strelley. Strelley Elizabeth King. Strelley requests... dating from [1471] 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 8/176/8788
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1471]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth Strelley, wife of John Strelley.
- Name(s)
- Strelley, Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Strelley requests that, as her husband for lack of goods cannot sue at law, Vernon be commanded to appear before the council to answer to the wrongs done to him and other things that Strelley will declare. It was found by an inquisition that Vernon disseised her husband of the manor of Hazlebadge by force and arms, and sent his servants to take her husband and his eldest so to Haddon and imprisoned him for 11 weeks because he would not make a release of the manor of Hazlebadge to Vernon.[The petition is followed by the transcript of the jury.]
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Derby, [Derbyshire]
- Hazlebadge, [Derbyshire]
- Nether Haddon, [Derbyshire].
- People mentioned
- John Strelley of Derbyshire, esquire
- Henry Vernon, esquire
- William Vernon, knight, father of Henry Vernon
- Richard Vernon of Nether Haddon
- Ambrose Dethek (Dethick), servant of Henry Vernon
- Thomas Rodes, servant of Henry Vernon
- Henrey Marshall (Marshal), servant of Henry Vernon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1471 as the petition apparently refers to recent events and mentions two dates in which they occurred, 10 August 1461 [39 Hen. VI], and 4 August 1471 [11 Edw. IV].
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294656/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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