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Hampshire eyre roll — affaire de Winchester / Winchester case (JUST 1/775, m. 20)

Cour royale itinérante / Royal eyre court — c. 1232

Proceedings about the death of a one-year-old child, Stephen, in Winchester: a jury names a Jew, Abraham Pinche. The National Archives stress that such accusations were most likely made up, but were now being taken seriously by royal justice.

Author
Cour royale itinérante / Royal eyre court
Date
c. 1232
Nature
Primary source
Document type
Court roll
Held at
The National Archives (Kew), JUST 1/775, m. 20
Original language
Latin

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