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Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk; William de Bohun; John de Segrave; Robert...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/131/6548

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This record is about the Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk; William de Bohun; John de Segrave; Robert... dating from [c. 1337] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/131/6548
Date
[c. 1337]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk; William de Bohun; John de Segrave; Robert de Scales; John de Beauchamp of Somerset; Gilbert Pecche; Thomas Nerford.
Name(s)
Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk; de Bohun; de Segrave; de Scales; de Beauchamp; Pecche; Nerford, Thomas; William; John; Robert; John; Gilbert; Thomas
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Claim by the petitioners that they hold their manors in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire by knight service and not as reported in a certification made by Caythorp.
Nature of endorsement
Sue in the chancery and right shall be done.
Places mentioned
Newton, Suffolk
Eriswell, Suffolk
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Bealings, Suffolk
Grundisburgh, Suffolk
Tuddenham, Suffolk
Kesgrave, Suffolk
Creeting, Suffolk
Limington, Somerset
Little Abington, Cambridgeshire.
People mentioned
Robert de Todenham (Tuddenham), clerk
William de Caythorp, clerk
William Trussel, escheator.
Note
Datable by reference to CIPM, vol. VIII, nos. 69, 151.
Related material

For another petition by Nerford, see SC 8/130/6476

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6258
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208731/

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