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Thomas Pynche (Pinch). Pynche (Pinch) Thomas [Not specified]. Pynche complains of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/345/E1346

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SC 8/345/E1346
Date
[c. 1475]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Pynche (Pinch).
Name(s)
Pynche (Pinch), Thomas
Addressees
[Not specified].
Nature of request
Pynche complains of the wrongs done to him contrary to the king's laws by Tredree, Was and ... and diverse others unknown, who came to Trewin on Thursday after Michaelmas day in the 15th year of Edward IV with force and arms and carried the petitioner to Launceston to the gaol, and imprisoned him for 10 days until he made a fine with them for 10s.
Nature of endorsement
Tavistock.A letter has been sent.
Places mentioned
Altarnun, [Cornwall]
Launceston, [Cornwall]
Trewin in the parish of Altarnun, [Cornwall]
Tavistock, [Devon].
People mentioned
John Tredree
Stephen Was, late of Altarnun
Thomas Chubba, late of Launceston.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1475 because the petition refers to events on the Thursday before Michaelmas day (28 September) in the 15th year of Edward IV.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Unsorted Miscellanea of the Exchequer (transferred July 1932).
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736767/

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