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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
Item
Joan Speler, wife of Richard Speler. Speler Joan [Not specified]. Speler complains...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/345/E1358
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This record is about the Joan Speler, wife of Richard Speler. Speler Joan [Not specified]. Speler complains... dating from [c. 1461-c. 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/E1358
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1461-c. 1483]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan Speler, wife of Richard Speler.
- Name(s)
- Speler, Joan
- Addressees
- [Not specified].
- Nature of request
- Speler complains of Skynard who has threatened to murder her and her husband and also to drive them from their house. They request remedy
- Nature of endorsement
- Tavistock.Joan Speler against John Skynnard.A letter has been sent.The parties have accorded.
- Places mentioned
- Pillaton, [Cornwall]
- Tavistock, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Richard Speler, husband of the petitioner
- John Skynard, constable of the parish of Pillaton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1461-c. 1483 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9736779/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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