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James de Broghton (Broughton), clerk. de Broghton (Broughton) James King and council...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/82/4065

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This record is about the James de Broghton (Broughton), clerk. de Broghton (Broughton) James King and council... dating from [? 1320] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/82/4065
Date
[? 1320]
Description
Petitioners
James de Broghton (Broughton), clerk.
Name(s)
de Broghton (Broughton), James
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Broghton requests that it is ordained for his estate and his sustenance, and that it is ordered by letters to the treasurer that Broghton be paid what is due by bill from the time that he served in Scotland. He has served the king in Scotland and lost lands and rents, and lost goods and chattels in Berwick when it was lost.
Nature of endorsement
The king will speak to the treasurer on this.
Places mentioned
Scotland
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
Note
The petition may well date to 1320 in accordance with the note found at the beginning of this file. The petition is certainly after 1318 as it refers to the fall of Berwick to the Scots.
Related material

For a petition by the same petitioner on a related matter, see SC 8/36/1780B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 890
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148605/

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