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Roger Shyre (Shire), tenant and tinner; John Elys (Ellis); Joan Elys (Ellis), widow....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/344/E1288
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This record is about the Roger Shyre (Shire), tenant and tinner; John Elys (Ellis); Joan Elys (Ellis), widow.... dating from [1481] 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 8/344/E1288
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1481]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Shyre (Shire), tenant and tinner; John Elys (Ellis); Joan Elys (Ellis), widow.
- Name(s)
- Shyre (Shire); Elys (Ellis); Elys (Ellis), Roger; John; Joan
- Addressees
- Prince.
- Occupation
- tinner
- Nature of request
- Shyre and Elys show that they have been seised of a tinwork called 'Devlecombe' lying in the moor in the jurisdiction of the court of Ashburton without claim or interruption for a long time until around the feast of St Laurence the Martyr in the 20th year when Creston came and seized 4 'hulles' of clack tin to the use of Richard Eggecombe, his master, which John Elys' grandfather recovered through the court of Ashburton. Afterwards Creston came with Corsett, the Wavells and the servants of Sir Thomas Fulford and took 16 'hulles' of tin, and the supplicants brought an action in the court of Ashburton, but have not been able to have due process because Robert Wavell is the bailiff there. The petitioners cannot have remedy without the prince's good grace, and request redress by the advice of the prince's council.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Devon
- Ashburton, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- [Edward Plantagenet], prince [of Wales]
- Thomas Creston, servant of Richard Eggecombe, gentleman
- Richard Eggecombe, gentleman
- John Elys (Ellis), grandfather of John Ellis
- William Corsett
- Robert Wavell, bailiff of the court of Ashburton
- John Wavell
- Thomas Fulford, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1481-1482 because the petition refers to events around the feast of St Laurence the Martyr (10 August) in 20 [Edw. IV] (1480) and to events shortly before the same feast in the following year. The petition therefore must date to the second half of 1481 or 1482.
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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/C9736708/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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