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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Broun (Brown) of Rickinghall, vicar of East Dereham. Broun (Brown) William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4636
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This record is about the William Broun (Brown) of Rickinghall, vicar of East Dereham. Broun (Brown) William... dating from [c. 1322-1337] 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 8/93/4636
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322-1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Broun (Brown) of Rickinghall, vicar of East Dereham.
- Name(s)
- Broun (Brown), William
- Addressees
- Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Occupation
- vicar of East Dereham
- Nature of request
- Broun requests a remedy be ordained so that he can be released from imprisonment, men of the bishop of Ely having seized him from his house, and he is now imprisoned at Ely, and the bishop refuses to release him at mainprise.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ in Chancery to replevy his body.Concerning the other trespass he should sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Rickinghall, [Suffolk]
- East Dereham, [Norfolk]
- Shipdham, [Norfolk]
- Norwich diocese
- Ely, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- John [Hotham], Bishop of Ely
- Bishop of Norwich.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The date of the petition is difficult. The petition refers to the bishop of Ely as John. The petition is evidently from the first half of the fourteenth century, and is likely to be after 1322 as it is answered in French. Therefore it is likely that the petition refers to John Hotham, Bishop of Ely, and not his predecessor John Ketton. Hotham's pontificate ran from 1316 to 1337, so the petition has been dated to c. 1322-1337.
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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 739
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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/C9149187/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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