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Laurence Hauberk and John Sothewell (Southwell). Hauberk; Sothewell (Southwell) Laurence;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/290/14489
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This record is about the Laurence Hauberk and John Sothewell (Southwell). Hauberk; Sothewell (Southwell) Laurence;... dating from [? 1378] 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 8/290/14489
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Laurence Hauberk and John Sothewell (Southwell).
- Name(s)
- Hauberk; Sothewell (Southwell), Laurence; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged: the entire right-hand side is missing] Laurence Hauberk and John Sothewell state that 8 days after the feast of St John in the . . . year . . ., the castle of Brest was and remains in possession of the Duke of Brittany, under the command of Lord Neville, the lieutenant . . . for hostages for the salvation of the castle, and Lord Neville agreed to acquit them. Against which promise . . . of their enemies in prison for two years and more, and often on the point of death, and put to such great ransoms that they will never be able to acquit . . . to save their lands. And when Lord Neville came to England he sued to the King and Duke for mercy, to . . . held forever. And the Duke then assured the King that he would acquit and release them, but nothing has been done. Please . . . to their great harm, loss and damage for the salvation of the castle, and to command that they be acquitted and amends made for their harm, until . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Brest, [Brittany, France].
- People mentioned
- [John], Duke of Brittany
- [John de Neville (Nevill)], Lord Neville (Nevill), lieutenant of the castle of Brest.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to 1378, with reference to CPR 1377-81 pp.284-285, which is dated 14 September 1378, and which suggests that the Duke of Brittany has delivered up the castle since the previous Easter.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a transcript, see p.98 of PRO 31/7/130
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.284-285 (grant of Castle Rising castle and other lands to John Duke of Brittany for delivering Brest castle to the king, according to a treaty of the previous April)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735651/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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