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John Brun (Brown), scholar. Brun (Brown) John [King] scholar The petitioner requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/132/6573

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Reference
SC 8/132/6573
Date
[1292-1293]
Description
Petitioners
John Brun (Brown), scholar.
Name(s)
Brun (Brown), John
Addressees
[King]
Occupation
scholar
Nature of request
The petitioner requests relief for his brother, wrongly imprisoned at Haverfordwest.
Nature of endorsement
Let him sue in the chancery if it shall be expedient for him.
Places mentioned
Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
Haverfordwest, [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
Pembroke, [Pembrokeshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Marie Brun, mother of the petitioner
Geoffrey Brun, brother of the petitioner
Humphrey de Bohun, [Earl of Hereford].
Note
Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, pp. 224-5.
Related material

For another petition probably from the same petitioner, see SC 8/97/4813

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
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.224-225 (summary of petition with references)
  • Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.94 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208754/

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