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John Atwyll (Atwell). Atwyll (Atwell) John King. Atwyll, who is seised of a tinwork...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15898
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This record is about the John Atwyll (Atwell). Atwyll (Atwell) John King. Atwyll, who is seised of a tinwork... dating from [? c. 1520] 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 8/336/15898
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1520]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Atwyll (Atwell).
- Name(s)
- Atwyll (Atwell), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Atwyll, who is seised of a tinwork in Devon called 'Furssehyll alias Furssebell' in Walkhampton, requests that writs be directed to Langford, Foot, Foot, Lovyt, Hancock and Trehaus to come before the council to answer for their attack, with other armed unknowns, upon his tinwork and their theft of his black tin.
- Nature of endorsement
- Langford to be before the King and his council at Westminster on the morrow of the Purification next.
- Places mentioned
- Devon
- Walkhampton, Devon
- Whitchurch, Devon
- Buckland, Devon
- Bere Ferrers, Devon
- Horrabridge, Devon
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Walter Langefford (Langford) of Whitchurch, yeoman
- Philip Fote (Foot) of Buckland, yeoman
- John Fote (Foot) of Buckland, yeoman
- John Lovyt
- John Hankok (Hancock) of Bere Ferrers, husbandman
- John Trehaus.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to 1520 or later, since it refers to events of 3 September in the 11th year, probably of Henry VIII.
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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/C9736286/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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