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Ankeret Brakelowe, widow of Thomas Brakelowe, Eleanor Brakelowe, widow of Robert...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/101/5042

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This record is about the Ankeret Brakelowe, widow of Thomas Brakelowe, Eleanor Brakelowe, widow of Robert... dating from [c. 1378-c. 1379] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/101/5042
Date
[c. 1378-c. 1379]
Description
Petitioners
Ankeret Brakelowe, widow of Thomas Brakelowe, Eleanor Brakelowe, widow of Robert Brakelowe, and ..., widow of Thomas Chore.
Name(s)
Brakelowe; Brakelowe, Ankeret; Eleanor
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
[A large part of this petition is now missing.]The petitioners request that ... king's bench investigate certain felons in Leicestershire ... by ambush killed Thomas and Robert his brother, and Thomas, and two of their servants and many others ... endorsed by advice of the council and by reason of the parliament the justices summoned them there ...
Nature of endorsement
[Illegible]
Places mentioned
Leicestershire.
People mentioned
Thomas Brakelowe
Thomas Chore
Robert [Brakelowe].
Note
Notes on the guard date this petition to 1378-9, but without firm references.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1944
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149610/

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