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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/36/1760
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 361
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.59 (respite of debts)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061960/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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