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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Thomas. Thomas John Lord prince's chancellor and others of his commissioners....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/345/E1350
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This record is about the John Thomas. Thomas John Lord prince's chancellor and others of his commissioners.... 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 8/345/E1350
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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
- John Thomas.
- Name(s)
- Thomas, John
- Addressees
- Lord prince's chancellor and others of his commissioners.
- Nature of request
- Thomas shows and complains that Grygge on the Sunday next before the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist last, riotously entered and broke the house of the petitioner and with force would have ravished his wife, who at that time was great with child, and he abused her in such a manner that it cause her to become very sick and put her life at risk, and he has continued to menace the petitioner so that he dare not complain nor take another remedy for fear of his life. Thomas requests that the premises be considered and a due remedy be purveyed, or else he dare not abide in his house.
- Nature of endorsement
- Launceston.John Thomas v Robert Grygge.A letter has been sent.[...] the defendant did not appear.
- Places mentioned
- St Cleer, [Cornwall]
- Launceston, [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- [Edward Plantagenet], prince [of Wales]
- Robert Grygge the younger of the parish of St Cleer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1471-1483 because the petition is addressed to the chancellor of the prince and his commissioners.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Unsorted Miscellanea of the Exchequer (transferred July 1932).
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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/C9736771/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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