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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edward Broke, knight. Broke Edward King. Edward Broke requests that the king grant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/188/9383
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This record is about the Edward Broke, knight. Broke Edward King. Edward Broke requests that the king grant... dating from [c. 1436-1464] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/188/9383
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1436-1464]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edward Broke, knight.
- Name(s)
- Broke, Edward
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Edward Broke requests that the king grant letters patent in the form contained in the attached schedule [not extant].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Given the obviously fifteenth-century handwriting, the petitioner is presumably Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham, who died in 1464. His date of birth is uncertain, although he is known to have been knighted by 1436. The petition presumably dates to some point between those dates.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295261/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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