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Thomas de Brandon de Brandon Thomas King and council Brandon and the freeholders...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/35/1749

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Reference
SC 8/35/1749
Date
[c. 1357]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Brandon
Name(s)
de Brandon, Thomas
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Brandon and the freeholders of Lymbergh, Nottingham and Causton were prosecuted in the Exchequer of a contract made between all the great council of the king and them. And afterwards Lymbergh, Nottingham and others were prosecuted of the same thing in the Exchequer by process made against them pending for two years, and were rightfully discharged by judgement in the Exchequer and by deliberations of the chancellor, treasurer and others of the king's council. Brandon requests that the king and his council ordain that the complainants are henceforth discharged and not prosecuted since they have been acquitted by great deliberation and high judgement.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
People mentioned
Tideman de Lymbergh
Thomas de Notyngham (Nottingham)
Richard de Causton
[Simon Islip], Archbishop of Canterbury
[John Thoresby], Bishop of Worcester and Chancellor
William Edington, Bishop of Winchester and Treasurer
[Richard Fitz Alan], Earl of Arundel
[William de Clinton], Earl of Huntingdon
Bartholomew de Burgherssh
Guy de Brian
William de Thorp
John de Wynewyk (Winwick), Clerk of the Privy Seal
John de Beauchamp, Chamberlain
Note
This petition is dated to c. 1357 on the basis of its link to SC 8/35/1748.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter SC 8/35/1748

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 340
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061948/

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