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Humphrey Starky. Starky Humphrey Council of the prince. [The petition is damaged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/344/E1303
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This record is about the Humphrey Starky. Starky Humphrey Council of the prince. [The petition is damaged... dating from [1471-1483] 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/E1303
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1471-1483]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Humphrey Starky.
- Name(s)
- Starky, Humphrey
- Addressees
- Council of the prince.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged with a portion of the right-hand side of the petition being missing, and some of the remainder being faded and illegible].Starky states that his father was seised of 'wychhowse' (wichhouse) [in Northwich], and after his death it descended to Laurence, his son and heir and he was seised for thirty years until an action of trespass was made against George [presumably tenant of Starkys] and he was outlawed, and Laurence [died]. Diverse people by the commandment of the petitioner entered the same house to the petitioner's use, [but he was ousted by George] and he keeps it contrary to all reason and conscience. Starky requests that the premises be considered [...] at a certain day and place to be limited, to be examined upon the premises, and the petitioner [...] the same George to be punished for his wrongful occupation of the house, and over that to do and receive what the council considers for the prince.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- [Northwich, [Cheshire]].
- People mentioned
- [Edward Plantagenet], prince [of Wales]
- Richard Starky, father of the petitioner
- Laurence Starky, son and heir of Richard Starky
- George [...].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1471-1483 on the basis that a cover note preceding this file of petitions indicates that the petitions SC 8/344/E1262-E1316B mostly date to the period 1481-1483, and nearly all appear to belong to the period 1471-1483, this latter date being the dates that Edward Plantagenet, Edward IV's eldest son, held the principality of Wales and the county of Chester. Throughout this file, the latter date range has been adopted where no evidence survives to indicate more specific dates.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/344/E1263
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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/C9736723/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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