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John Brugge, esquire. Brugge John Commons. The petitioner seeks compensation with...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/105/5241

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Reference
SC 8/105/5241
Date
[c. 1422]
Description
Petitioners
John Brugge, esquire.
Name(s)
Brugge, John
Addressees
Commons.
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks compensation with as large a fee as the amount of twelve marks per year and 4d each day for his lifetime, from the fee farm of the city of Worcester, and payment of all arrears due to him from the treasury etc. He states that the late king Henry V by his letters patent under the seal of the duchy of Lancaster (8 April 1417) granted him twelve marks per year for life from the issues and profits of the manor of Alexanderstone. The late king also granted the petitioner 4d each day for his lifetime at the exchequer of Brecknock. The petitioner was peacefully seised of the above sums ... until ... took place between the king, the father, and the Countess of Stafford, by which the king granted the countess the lordship of Brecknock, free of all fees and ... by special act and order made in parliament ... the manor of Pleshey in Essex and for other lands and tenements elsewhere as contained in the act and order.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Let it be delivered to the lords.[On dorse] The king will take counsel.
Places mentioned
Alexanderstone, [Brecnockshire, Wales]
Brecnock, [Brecknockshire, Wales]
Pleshey, [Essex]
Worcester, [Worcestershire]
Westminster.
People mentioned
Henry V, King of England
[Anne Stafford,] Countess of Stafford.
Note
Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, pp. 162-3, dates this petition after 1422.
Related material

For transcript, see no.8 of PRO 31/7/116

For a related petition see SC 8/302/15060

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2665
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.162-3 (summary of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149811/

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