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Thomas de Sparkewell (Sparkwell), tenant of the prince's tin, mines in Devon. de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1096

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This record is about the Thomas de Sparkewell (Sparkwell), tenant of the prince's tin, mines in Devon. de... dating from [1375-1376] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/333/E1096
Date
[1375-1376]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Sparkewell (Sparkwell), tenant of the prince's tin, mines in Devon.
Name(s)
de Sparkewell (Sparkwell), Thomas
Addressees
Prince of Wales.
Nature of request
Sparkewell requests that he is granted letters to Kare or Upton [...] stewards of his tin mines commanding them to make Combe, Davy and Pitman to make amends to Sparkewell as they came by force and arms and took [...] and other goods and chattels to the value of 10 makes from his house in Sparkwell and still detain them without making amends.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Choldrswyth (Cholwichtown Farm), [Devon]
Cornwood, [Devon]
Sparkwell, [Devon].
People mentioned
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince of Wales
Walter Coumbe (Combe)
Robert Davy
Walter Pytman (Pitman) of Cholwichtown in the parish of Cornwood
John Kare
John Upton.
Note
The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince and or his council dating to those years.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683219/

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