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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Braye. Braye Robert Chancellor of the prince and others of his commissioners....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/345/E1359D
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This record is about the Robert Braye. Braye Robert Chancellor of the prince and others of his commissioners.... dating from [1471-1483] 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 8/345/E1359D
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1471-1483]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Braye.
- Name(s)
- Braye, Robert
- Addressees
- Chancellor of the prince and others of his commissioners.
- Nature of request
- Braye complains that he had 2 parts of a tinwork in a ground called 'Hocheby' for 4 years but was wrongfully ousted by Gregge who has kept it for 2 years and dug out 20 feet of tin valued at 12 marks 6s. 8d.; also he entered a close of the petitioner and cut down trees there, and beat the petitioner's wife when she asked why he did it, and then carried the trees away; and Gregge withholds various goods and chattels of the petitioner [detailed] to the utter undoing of the petitioner, and has done many other wrongs. Braye requests that the premises be considered, and Gregge be called before the chancellor and commissioners to answer the premises, and set such direction as is considered reasonable.
- Nature of endorsement
- Launceston.Robert Braye against John Gregge. A letter has been sent.
- Places mentioned
- St Cleer, [Cornwall]
- Launceston, [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- [Edward Plantagenet], prince [of Wales]
- John Gregge the younger of the parish of St Cleer, husbandman
- Isabel [Braye], wife of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1471-1483 because the petition is addressed to the chancellor of the prince and his commissioners.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 26 June 1975).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736783/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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