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John de Bretaigne (Bretagne, Brittany), Earl of Richmond. de Bretaigne (Bretagne,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/36/1760

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This record is about the John de Bretaigne (Bretagne, Brittany), Earl of Richmond. de Bretaigne (Bretagne,... dating from [? 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/36/1760
Date
[? 1327]
Description
Petitioners
John de Bretaigne (Bretagne, Brittany), Earl of Richmond.
Name(s)
de Bretaigne (Bretagne, Brittany), Earl of Richmond, John
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Richmondshire, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
Nature of request
The earl states that his lands and people of Richmondshire have been burnt and ruined in the late wars by the Scots, and his men are distrained continually by divers demands from the Exchequer so that many of them are on the point of abandoning their land by default. The earl requests that he is granted that all the demands of the Exchequer are respited until the people are relieved of their great poverty.
Nature of endorsement
It is ordered by the writ of the great seal to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that, if they are able to establish that the same men of the earl are destroyed by burning and other things, just as the petition supposes, the debts are to be respited. Coram rege et magno consilio.
Note
This probably dates to 1327 when the people of Richmondshire and the North Riding were respited, though no mention was made to the earl of Richmond. There are numerous interventions by the earl from 1319 onwards, but these are predominantly for impoverished religious houses, and not for this group (CPR 1327-30, p.59).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/317/E280

For a petition by the earl's attorney, see SC 8/296/14762

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/331/15670

For a related documents, see SC 8/296/14763

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 361
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.59 (respite of debts)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061960/

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