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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund de Brook; Margery de Brook, wife of Edmund de Brook. de Brook; de Brook Edmund;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/96/4751
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This record is about the Edmund de Brook; Margery de Brook, wife of Edmund de Brook. de Brook; de Brook Edmund;... dating from [1378] 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 8/96/4751
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund de Brook; Margery de Brook, wife of Edmund de Brook.
- Name(s)
- de Brook; de Brook, Edmund; Margery
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Edmund de Brook and Margery his wife complain that they were forcibly disseised of their manor of Bourne Hall in Bushey, Hertfordshire by a large number of armed men under the command of Alice Perrers, and that the manor was afterwards given to various people for her use. Alice then had Edmund imprisoned, and tried to get Margery to divorce him. They request the Margery's right might be inquired into, and justice done on the basis of this, and that in the meantime that Edmund might have the manor at farm, for a sufficient security, as Alice's power was so great with the late King that they have not dared to sue until now.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bowerenhalle (Bourne Hall), Hertfordshire
- Bushey, Hertfordshire
- Newgate prison, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- Richard Gregory
- Alice Perrers
- Thomas Fitz John
- William Gresele
- John Plovyle
- Robert Warewyk (Warwick), steward of Alice Perrers
- John Freton
- [Edward III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Like other petitions against Alice Perrers, it is likely that this is datable to the parliament of October 1378 on the basis of annotations on SC 8/94/4691 and SC 8/148/7363, which refer specifically to petitions against Alice in that parliament.
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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 957
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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/C9149315/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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