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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Brilaund. de Brilaund John King and council. [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Brilaund...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/200/9981
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This record is about the John de Brilaund. de Brilaund John King and council. [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Brilaund... dating from [? c. 1274] 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 8/200/9981
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1274]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Brilaund.
- Name(s)
- de Brilaund, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Brilaund states that he was heavily amerced before the justices in eyre on the assumption that he was a taverner; whereas he is prepared to put himself on the country that he was never a taverner, and that he was a draper only for five years, and he has lost draperies and other things of his goods and chattels. He asks the King's grace, that this might be inquired into and that he might have a remedy, as he has nothing with which to pay this amercement.2) Brilaund requests a pension so that he is able to live as Henry III when he was at Kenilworth took from him a great loan of which a portion is still owing.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]1) The king does not wish to pardon this.2) The king does not pay the debts of his father.[On dorse, none]
- Places mentioned
- Kenilworth, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to? c. 1274 in accordance with the dating given on the guard. The petition refers to debts owed by Henry III, and it seems unlikely that the petitioner would have waited until long after the return of Edward I to present this petition.
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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/C9295871/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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