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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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Roger du Brok. Brok Roger King. [This petition is badly damaged and hard to read.]...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4815
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This record is about the Roger du Brok. Brok Roger King. [This petition is badly damaged and hard to read.]... dating from [? c. 1327] 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 8/97/4815
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger du Brok.
- Name(s)
- Brok, Roger
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged and hard to read.] Roger du Brok states that although all those who come to parliament should be under the King's protection, both as regards their lands and possessions and as regards their bodies, one of the Sheriffs of London has sued in time of parliament, by colour of his office, to have half his lands and chattels, based on a recognisance made by him in Chancery, under coercion by Hugh le Despenser the son, John de Charleton and Thomas de Sibethorp. He asks that the writ by which he sued might be repealed or a remedy given to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- Nothing can be done.
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser the son
- John de Charleton
- Thomas de Sibethorp.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No date, but the mention of Hugh le Despenser suggests c. 1327, especially as the petitioner seems to protest that he was not one of his allies.
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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 1191
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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/C9149382/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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