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John Freton, clerk; Robert Brom (Broun, Brown) of Warwick; Hugh Cotyngham (Cottingham),...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/185/9250

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This record is about the John Freton, clerk; Robert Brom (Broun, Brown) of Warwick; Hugh Cotyngham (Cottingham),... dating from [1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/185/9250
Date
[1377]
Description
Petitioners
John Freton, clerk; Robert Brom (Broun, Brown) of Warwick; Hugh Cotyngham (Cottingham), clerk.
Name(s)
Freton; Brom (Broun, Brown); Cotyngham (Cottingham), John; Robert; Hugh
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
The petitioners request that they be granted the reversion of all lands held for life by Audeley which ought to revert to the king on Audeley's death.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] The king has granted this by testimony of the signet.[on dorse] To the Bishop of St David's, our chancellor.
Places mentioned
Warwick, [Warwickshire]
Heighley, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
James de Audeley (Audley) of Heighley
[Adam Houghton], Bishop of St David's.
Note
The requested grant was made on 13 May 1377 (CPR 1374-7 p.463). John Freton and Robert Broun were often used by Alice Perrers as her feoffees (see SC 8/44/2188, SC 8/148/7363, E 210/10019, CPR 1377-81 p.343), and it therefore seems likely that she is behind this petition.
Related material

For another petition probably by the same Hugh de Cottingham, see SC 8/101/5003

For another petition concerning Audeley's lands, see SC 8/20/989

For the settlement concerning these lands mentioned by the petition, see E 210/9200

For a later petition concerning the reversion of these lands, see SC 8/129/6431

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.463 (requested grant)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295128/

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