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William Broune (Brown) of Horncastle. Broune (Brown) William King. Broune requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/95/4721

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This record is about the William Broune (Brown) of Horncastle. Broune (Brown) William King. Broune requests... dating from [1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/95/4721
Date
[1330]
Description
Petitioners
William Broune (Brown) of Horncastle.
Name(s)
Broune (Brown), William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Broune requests repayment of a loan of 11 marks 11s. 10d, made in the King's first year, or allowance for this sum in the customs on his next wools to be sent overseas.
Nature of endorsement
Let the treasurer and barons of the exchequer be ordered to view the letters patent and make allowance according to what is demanded by the petition.
Places mentioned
Horncastle [Lincolnshire]
Boston [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Robert But, collector of customs in Boston
John de Multon, collector of customs in Boston.
Note
Firmly dated 1330 by reference to Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined., p. 205 (no. 35), and by CCR 1330-3::p.116, dated 22 January 1331.
Related material

For a similar petition from another petitioner, see SC 8/187/9311

For a Latin summary of the petition on a roll of petitions, see m.3 of no. 16 of E 175/2

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 881
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.116 (order to make allowance to the petitioner for his debt)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), p.205 (no. 35) (summary of petition on parliament roll)
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