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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Brent son of Thomas Brent. Brent John King and council in this present parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4676
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This record is about the John Brent son of Thomas Brent. Brent John King and council in this present parliament.... dating from [? 1378-? 1379] 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 8/94/4676
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1378-? 1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Brent son of Thomas Brent.
- Name(s)
- Brent, John
- Addressees
- King and council in this present parliament.
- Nature of request
- Brent requests that the abbot of Glastonbury be summoned before the council to answer concerning his disseisin of a corrody granted by the abbot's predecessor to Brent. Brent has brought an assize but it cannot be held because of the abbot's lordship. Brent requests that right and due remedy is done to him on this.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Glastonbury, [Somerset]
- Somerset.
- People mentioned
- John de Breynton, late abbot of Glastonbury
- [John Chynnok], Abbot of Glastonbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated speculatively to? 1378-? 1379 in accordance with the guard note, though no explanation is made for this dating so that it must be treated with caution.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.52 of PRO 31/7/106
For another petition by the same petitioner complaining on another matter against the same abbot see SC 8/93/4618
For a duplicate of the this petition 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 811
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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/C9149227/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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