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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Braunston of Wiggington Home. Braunston John Chancellor. Braunston, recently...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15778
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This record is about the John Braunston of Wiggington Home. Braunston John Chancellor. Braunston, recently... dating from [1437-c. 1440] 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 8/332/15778
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1437-c. 1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Braunston of Wiggington Home.
- Name(s)
- Braunston, John
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Braunston, recently released from over four years in prison for a debt of £160 which he owes to Holden and his fellow executors, requests a protection to solicit alms to pay the £20 of his debt which is due at the end of twelve months.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and York.2) Ralph Swayne.
- Places mentioned
- Wiggington Home, Staffordshire
- Oxfordshire
- Berkshire
- Gloucestershire
- Worcestershire
- Shropshire
- Warwickshire
- York.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Holden, gentleman, executor of the late bishop of Durham
- [Thomas Langley], late bishop of Durham
- Ralph Swayne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1437, when Langley died, or later. In CPR 1436-41, p. 171, Thomas Holden is named as one of the executors of Thomas, late bishop of Durham.
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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)
- English
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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, Hen VI, vol. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.171 (grant to certain executors of Thomas, late bishop of Durham, namely Holden as executor)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736369/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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