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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
SC 8/96/4751
Date
[1378]
Description
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.
Note
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.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 957
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149315/

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