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Arnold Brocas. Brocas Arnold King and council. Brocas requests remedy so that the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/162/8055

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This record is about the Arnold Brocas. Brocas Arnold King and council. Brocas requests remedy so that the... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/162/8055
Date
[c. 1300-c. 1325]
Description
Petitioners
Arnold Brocas.
Name(s)
Brocas, Arnold
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Brocas requests remedy so that the count and his people will make satisfaction to him for the obligation that he has of Philip of Flanders which despite taking several letters of the king to the count and to the commonalty of Flanders nothing has been done to his great damage.
Nature of endorsement
He should have suitable letters to the count of Flanders until the king is answered.
Places mentioned
Flanders.
People mentioned
Count of Flanders
Philip of Flaunders (Flanders), late governor of Flanders.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1300-c. 1325 as this seems to be the approximate of a series of other petitions by the same petitioner on other matters, and based on the hand of the petition.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner on another matter, see SC 8/36/1779

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/258/12858

a duplicate of SC 8/36/1787, differently endorsed, see SC 8/290/14457

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293899/

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