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Nicholas Brendon, tinner. Brendon Nicholas King. tinner Brendon requests that the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4643

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This record is about the Nicholas Brendon, tinner. Brendon Nicholas King. tinner Brendon requests that the... dating from [1432-1440] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/93/4643
Date
[1432-1440]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas Brendon, tinner.
Name(s)
Brendon, Nicholas
Addressees
King.
Occupation
tinner
Nature of request
Brendon requests that the abbot of Buckfast be summoned before the king and be charged to surcease all executions against him or any of his tinners concerning their digging of tin at Hawkmoor beside the abbey for which the abbot has sued an assize of novel disseisin, and Brendon is now in prison as a result. He requests that the abbot be charged to allow the tinners to work the mine until the matter has been considered before the council. He requests that Cheyne be ordered to deliver Brendon from prison. He further requests that a writ be sent to the sheriff of Devon to deliver Southdon who is in prison in Devon because of this matter.
Nature of endorsement
[On face]By the chancellor, 2 March.
Places mentioned
Hawkmoor, Devon
Buckfast, Devon.
People mentioned
Thomas Rogger (Roger), Abbot of Buckfast
William Cheyne, Chief Justice of King's Bench
Walter Southdon, tinner.
Related material

For transcript, see no.47B of PRO 31/7/118

For the petition by the abbot of Buckfast see SC 8/93/4642

For another petition by Brendon and others see SC 8/93/4644

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 754
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149194/

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