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William Brocas, master of the king's buckhounds Brocas William King master of the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1346A

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Reference
SC 8/27/1346A
Date
[1449]
Description
Petitioners
William Brocas, master of the king's buckhounds
Name(s)
Brocas, William
Addressees
King
Occupation
master of the king's buckhounds
Nature of request
Brocas requests guarantee of the payment of his fee on the farm of the sheriff of Surrey and Sussex.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be done as is requested, according to the form of the schedule attached to this petition.
Places mentioned
Little Weldon, Northamptonshire
Surrey
Sussex
People mentioned
Edward III [King of England]
sheriff of Surrey and Sussex
Note
Firmly dated by reference to Rot. Parl., vol. V, pp. 167-8 and CPR 1446-52, pp. 241-2.
Related material

For the schedule attached to this petition see SC 8/27/1346B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2606
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. V, 1446-1452, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.241-242 (resulting grant according to the schedule attached to the petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.167b-168b (no. 14) (full transcription of petition, response, and appended schedule)
Record URL
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