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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Ellen Brouster (Brewster) of Hegham Brouster (Brewster) Ellen King and the other...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4667
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This record is about the Ellen Brouster (Brewster) of Hegham Brouster (Brewster) Ellen King and the other... dating from [c. 1377] 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 8/94/4667
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ellen Brouster (Brewster) of Hegham
- Name(s)
- Brouster (Brewster), Ellen
- Addressees
- King and the other lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Brouster requests that the abbot be brought before parliament to make amends to her for he, by his ministers dragged her from the king's liberty in Wistow to the abbot's liberty and imprisoned her until she made a fine with him.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Hegham [unidentified]
- Ramsey, [Huntingdonshire]
- Wistow, [Huntingdonshire].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Ramsey
- Thomas atte . . ., bailiff of the abbot
- Adam Broneson
- nief of the abbot.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1377 as the petitioner refers to events after Michaelmas in 47 Edw. III (1373), and the petition is clearly in Richard II's reign.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.7 of PRO 31/7/110
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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 794
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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/C9149218/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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