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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Brewose (Braose). de Brewose (Braose) William King and council. Brewose...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/36/1763
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This record is about the William de Brewose (Braose). de Brewose (Braose) William King and council. Brewose... dating from [1322-1326] 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 8/36/1763
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322-1326]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Brewose (Braose).
- Name(s)
- de Brewose (Braose), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Brewose shows that he and his ancestors held the lordship of Gower from the king and his ancestors; the Mowbrays then held it, and it came into the hands of the king by the forfeiture of John de Mowbray. It is now held by de Burgh by the feoffment of Despenser. He requests remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should go to Chancery and have a full assize of novel disseisin.
- Places mentioned
- Gower, [Glamorgan, Wales].
- People mentioned
- John de Moubray (Mowbray)
- Aline [de Moubray, Mowbray], wife of John de Mowbray
- Elizabeth [de Burgh], widow of John de Burgh
- John de Burgh
- Hugh le Despenser, the son.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition seems to date to the period between 1322 and 1326. Mowbray forfeited his estates in 1322, and the petitioner was certainly dead by 1326, and perhaps as early as 1324 (CPR 1321-4, pp.432-3; CFR 1319-27, p.388).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition by the Mowbrays see SC 8/173/8631
For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/12/559
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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 354
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061963/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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