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Clement Spys (Spice). Spys (Spice) Clement King. Spys requests that the king will...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/253/12632

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This record is about the Clement Spys (Spice). Spys (Spice) Clement King. Spys requests that the king will... dating from [1383] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/253/12632
Date
[1383]
Description
Petitioners
Clement Spys (Spice).
Name(s)
Spys (Spice), Clement
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Spys requests that the king will grant him a charter exempting him from being put in assizes, juries, attaints, inquisitions or recognizances or serving in office, as the original charter granted to him by Edward III and a confirmation of the king were taken from his chamber in the Temple in the last rebellion.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]This petition is granted by the king.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Temple, London.
Note
The petition dates to 1383 as the exemption was granted on 2 October 1383 (CPR 1381-5, p.322).
Related material

For another petition where Spice is one of the petitioners, see SC 8/251/12538

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.322 (grant of exemption)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440239/

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