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Laurence Hauberk and John Sothewell (Southwell). Hauberk; Sothewell (Southwell) Laurence;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/290/14489

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SC 8/290/14489
Date
[? 1378]
Description
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.
Note
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.
Related material

For a transcript, see p.98 of PRO 31/7/130

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735651/

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