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John Edwardes of Wanborough, gentleman. Edwardes John Lords and others of the queen's...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12899

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SC 8/258/12899
Date
[c. 1577]
Description
Petitioners
John Edwardes of Wanborough, gentleman.
Name(s)
Edwardes, John
Addressees
Lords and others of the queen's council.
Nature of request
Edwardes requests punishment of Clement and Thomas Browne and their accomplices for the murder of Thomas Brinde. Through malice, they had had arrested Brinde at Marlborough and sought to recover cattle that were in his keeping, but afterwards they came and killed Brinde at his house in Wanborough when he refused to deliver the cattle.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Wanborough, Wiltshire
Barton, Wiltshire
Marlborough, [Wiltshire]
People mentioned
Clement Browne of Barton
Thomas Brinde of Wanborough
Thomas Browne, brother of Clement
Alexander Stapulls, mayor of Marlborough, formerly town clerk
Robert Browne
Robert Welsheman
Richard Synburye
Edmund Wathed
Thomas Pynnock
Owen Brinde, brother of Thomas Brinde.
Note
The related SC 8/191/9514 dates the murder of Thomas Brinde to 23 September 19 Elizabeth I (1577), so this petition also would seem to date from shortly after this.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/191/9514

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/C9440512/

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