Series
Diaries of Roger Casement
Catalogue reference: HO 161
Date: 1901-1911
The diaries of Sir Roger Casement, who was executed for high treason in 1916.The Casement Diaries consist of three private diaries, a note book...
Item
Thomas Speller of Holgate. Speller Thomas King. Speller requests a grant of a charter...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/253/12605
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This record is about the Thomas Speller of Holgate. Speller Thomas King. Speller requests a grant of a charter... dating from [1388] 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 8/253/12605
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Speller of Holgate.
- Name(s)
- Speller, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Speller requests a grant of a charter of pardon for the death of Gayle in self-defence.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]This petition is granted by the king.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Holgate, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- York.
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Gayle, late marshal of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1388 as the pardon was granted on 16 October 1388 (CPR 1385-9, p.516).
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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)
- 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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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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- Topics
- Pardons
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.516 (grant of pardon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440212/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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