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Source note · Mark John Mayo v Miss E / L00BP152

The questions and the replies

The exchanges about the plan, payment records and wayleaves, including substantive replies and two later requests for clarification.

BEmail correspondence12 PDF pagesSupplied PDF copy reviewed · 12 September 2026

What is in the file

The Unanswered Record has examined all 12 pages in this supplied PDF copy. Page references below refer to that copy.

This PDF contains questions and replies about the Pole BH68 material. Replies should be read with the questions to which they respond.

  • Page 8: an acknowledgment dated 13 March 2025, saying the information would be reviewed and the records team contacted.
  • Pages 5–7: the 2 February 2026 answers confirming that the email and plan were sent, discussing apparatus in the displayed area, authentic payment records and transferred wayleaves.
  • Page 2: the 10 February reply describing a general-area map and saying it did not show a particular title.
  • Pages 2–3: the 13 February questions about personal authorship of the map and the apparatus intended by the earlier title-specific wording.
  • Page 1: a 24 February follow-up stating that those two questions remained unanswered.

What it establishes

The bundle contains replies. It would be inaccurate to describe this correspondence as wholly unanswered. The narrower issue is whether the two later questions were directly addressed. No direct answers to those two questions appear in the reviewed supplied documents.

A limit of the supplied copy

There are 12 physical PDF pages, but the printed email footer refers to 14. This copy should not be treated as a complete correspondence history. The status of later or omitted correspondence has not been established.

Publication status

The original PDF is retained outside this website. This source note summarises the supplied copy and does not replace the document itself. A publication copy has not yet been prepared.

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The plan-and-reply comparison · Reviewed 19 September 2026

Appendix B has 12 physical pages, with original print footers numbered 1–12 of 14. Pages 2–3 reproduce Shackson’s 10 February reply inside Miss E’s 13 February response; black text and blue comments must be distinguished. Page 7 contains his red answers dated by the 2 February header on page 5. Page 8 contains the 13 March 2025 receipt and proposed Bodmin check. Publication covers direct contact details, Mr J’s personal identifier and private mailbox links; substantive wording and reply colours are retained.

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What was put to Shackson and Skea?

The 6 and 7 May 2026 letters before action and their evidence are now available as indexed downloads, checked against the original sent attachments. The source hub also records Geldards’ denial and Skea’s September representation letter, distinguishing those replies from the authentication and contractual-record questions.

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