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Walter Broun (Brown), King's tenant of the manor of Lasborough, by right of his wife....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/198/9888
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This record is about the Walter Broun (Brown), King's tenant of the manor of Lasborough, by right of his wife.... dating from [1377-1390] 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 8/198/9888
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377-1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Broun (Brown), King's tenant of the manor of Lasborough, by right of his wife.
- Name(s)
- Broun (Brown), Walter
- Addressees
- Lords and commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Walter Broun makes two complaints:1) He states that in the fifty-first year of the King's grandfather, Maud Basset and others, her kin and servants, broke into his house at Lasborough, attacked him, abducted his wife and son and stole his charters and muniments, goods and money, and carried them off to Uley, where they kept them for six days and nights. They are still holding his charters and muniments. He has sued against them by writ, but can have no remedy because of the maintenance of lords and the delays of sheriffs. He requests a remedy.2) He states that Nicholas Berkeleie, Maud Basset and twenty-eight others came to his manor with force and arms on the Wednesday after Easter in the first year of the reign of the present King, broke into his house, attacked him, and burnt his hall and chamber down, frightening his pregnant wife so that she lost her child. They then carried him off to Dursley castle, and held him until he paid a ransom to save his life, goods and chattels. Because of this he can have no profit from his manor and is in fear of his life; but can have no remedy at law because of maintenance. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The plaintiff in these petitions is to find pledges to sue them, and when this has been done the defendants are to be instructed by writ of Chancery to be before the King's council on a certain day to answer to the plaintiff concerning the things contained in the petitions; and the defendants on their arrival are to be put under arrest until they have found sufficient security to keep the peace and to do what will be adjudged by the King's council and the law of the land. And the council [will do with] the said malefactors . . . what seems best to them to be done in this case.Walter Broun has found pledges to sue: John Broun of the county of Devon, Henry [Illegible] of the county of Cornwall.
- Places mentioned
- Lasborough, [Gloucestershire]
- Uley, [Gloucestershire]
- Dursley, [Gloucestershire]
- Devon
- Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- Maud Basset, widow of Simon Basset, knight
- Simon Basset, knight
- Maurice Basset
- Edmund Basset the son
- John Sculle
- John Stuteshull
- William Tracy, tailor
- John Chapelein
- Nicholas Cook
- Edward [III], King of England
- Margaret [Broun (Brown)], wife of Walter Broun (Brown)
- John Broun (Brown), son and heir of Broun (Brown)
- Nicholas Berkeleie
- William [Missing due to damage to ms]
- [Missing due to damage to ms] Waleys
- Matthew Pope
- John Bond
- John Copener
- Roger Stuteshulle
- Thomas Coper
- John Millbank
- William [...]
- Henry [Broun (Brown)], son of Walter Broun (Brown)
- John Broun (Brown) of Devon, Henry [...] of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Rot. Parl. vol. III, p.463a-464a, quotes a plea held in Michaelmas term 13 Richard II (1389), from which it would appear that Maud was dead by then. This petition would therefore appear to date from the reign of Richard II, before 1389, and probably from quite early in the reign.
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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)
- French
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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/C9295777/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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