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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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SC 8/345/E1350
Date
[1471-1483]
Description
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.
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/C9736771/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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