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Walter Broun (Brown); Margaret Broun (Brown), wife of Walter Brown. Broun (Brown);...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11600

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This record is about the Walter Broun (Brown); Margaret Broun (Brown), wife of Walter Brown. Broun (Brown);... dating from [c. 1392] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/232/11600
Date
[c. 1392]
Description
Petitioners
Walter Broun (Brown); Margaret Broun (Brown), wife of Walter Brown.
Name(s)
Broun (Brown); Broun (Brown), Walter; Margaret
Addressees
King and the lords of the present parliament.
Nature of request
Walter Broun and his wife Margaret request that the king speak to the chancellor and grant a writ of livery to them of certain lands and tenements in Somerset, as they have been long held out of the land by a suit concerning Margaret Broun and the inheritance of her father's lands, and by her minority.
Nature of endorsement
The king has commanded to the chancellor to make due remedy by authority of parliament according to his discretion.
Places mentioned
Winford, Somerset
Saltford, Somerset.
People mentioned
John Basset, father of Margaret Brown
Edmund Basset
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1392 on the basis of the dating of SC 8/232/11598 with which it is closely related.
Related material

For a related letter of attorney, see SC 8/232/11599

For a related petition, see SC 8/232/11598

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/C9335159/

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