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Richard le Brette (Brett), valet. Brette (Brett) Richard King. Brette states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4523
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/91/4523
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard le Brette (Brett), valet.
- Name(s)
- Brette (Brett), Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Brette states that the king granted him Dartmoor and it is destroyed by malefactors who are at the present parliament. If the king wishes to know more Courtenay will be able to certify him in the presence of the malefactors to his great profit.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should declare in Chancery in what kind the bailiwick is, and what kind of trespass was committed, and afterwards let what ought to be done for the king be done.
- Places mentioned
- Dartmoor, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Hugh de Courteny (Courtenay).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition possibly dates to 1318 when a commission was issued to Courtenay and others to arrest vagabonds in the king's forest of Dartmoor, though it seems likely that the commission may have preceded the petition, and Courtenay's knowledge of the trespasses stemmed from the commission (CPR 1317-21, p.298).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by the same petitioner on a different matter see SC 8/82/4062
For transcript, see no.24 of PRO 31/7/97
For a petitioner by the same petitioner on a different matter see SC 8/4/152
For another petition possibly by the same petitioner, see SC 8/315/E165
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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 496
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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 II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.298 (commission to Courtenay and others to arrest all vagabonds who frequent the king's forest at Dartmoor)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149069/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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