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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Brent son of Thomas de Brent (John Fitz Thomas de Brent). de Brent ; Fitz...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4618
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This record is about the John de Brent son of Thomas de Brent (John Fitz Thomas de Brent). de Brent ; Fitz... dating from [1375-c. 1380] 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 8/93/4618
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375-c. 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Brent son of Thomas de Brent (John Fitz Thomas de Brent).
- Name(s)
- de Brent ; Fitz Thomas, John; John
- Addressees
- King and his council in this present parliament.
- Nature of request
- Fitz Thomas requests that the charter of the abbot of Glastonbury be brought before them and the justices so that according to a good declaration of the charter right and justice is able to be done to rich and poor alike. Fitz Thomas has brought an assize against the abbot, but the abbot has claimed cognizance of the assize by virtue of a charter granted to him by the king's predecessors that Fitz Thomas states to be insufferable and not maintainable by the law that a party can have cognizance of an assize, and it would leave him without a suit.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Brent, [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- Henry Percehay (Percy), justice of assize in Somerset
- Walter Clopton, justice of assize in Somerset
- John [Chynnok (Wynchestre)], Abbot of Glastonbury
- John de Breynton, Abbot of Westminster
- Thomas, father of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is during the period that John Chynnok was abbot of Glastonbury between 1375 and 1420. However the petition is unlike to be any later than 1388, as Walter Clopton became chief Justice of King's Bench in 1388 until his death in 1400 (Sainty, The Judges of England, pp.6 & 66).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of SC 8/94/4673 see SC 8/94/4676
For another petition by the same petitioner against the same abbot see SC 8/94/4673
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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 708
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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/C9149169/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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