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Start Over Collection D. D. Brocas Century 15th Century County Dorset

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Brocas family deeds, principally concerning property in Berkshire and Hampshire but also relating to property in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Suffolk, Wiltshire and Yorkshire. Deeds 534-593 were unnumbered at the collection's deposited and were shelfmarked in 2024.

Other estate papers of the family are MSS. Rolls Hants. 25-34, 36-41, 43.

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1. MS. D. D. Brocas 74

Date Range:
1402 - 1402
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Appointment of attorney. Bromley (Dorset). 3 Hen. IV. July 4, 1402. Appointment by William Brocas of John Trelay as his attorney to deliver seisin of two-thirds of the manor of Bromley and reversion of the third part to William Frye, whose lease had been estopped by the forfeiture of Sir Bernard Brocas, and who had lost one-third of the manor, since it was now Dame Johanna's dower.

2. MS. D. D. Brocas 75

Date Range:
1406 - 1406
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Grant. Bromley (Dorset). 7 Hen. IV. Feb. 10, 1406. Grant by William Brocas to William Frye of the third part of Bromley which Frye was now holding of Johanna for term of her life (chirograph matching MS. D. D. Brocas 76).

3. MS. D. D. Brocas 76

Date Range:
1406 - 1406
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Grant. Bromley (Dorset). 7 Hen. IV. Feb. 10, 1406. Grant by William Brocas to William Frye of the third part of Bromley which Frye was now holding of Johanna for term of her life (chirograph matching MS. D. D. Brocas 75).

4. MS. D. D. Brocas 77

Date Range:
1406 - 1406
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Grant. Bromley (Dorset). 7 Hen. IV. Jan. 1, 1406. Grant by Johanna, widow of Sir Bernard Brocas, junior, to William Frye, of her estate in Bromley (her dower of one-third).

5. MS. D. D. Brocas 78

Date Range:
1406 - 1406
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Appointment of attorney. Bromley (Dorset). 7 Hen. IV. Feb. 10, 1406. Appointment by William Brocas of John Trelay as attorney for giving seisin of Bromley to William Frye.

6. MS. D. D. Brocas 79

Date Range:
1406 - 1406
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Appointment of attorney. Bromley (Dorset). 7 Hen. IV. Jan. 2, 1406. Appointment by Johanna, widow of Sir Bernard Brocas, junior, of John Trelay as attorney for giving seisin of one-third of Bromley to William Frye.

10. MS. D. D. Brocas 83

Date Range:
1447 - 1453
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Rolls of the Manor Courts. Bromley (Dorset). 26, 30 and 31 Hen. VI. 1447-8 and 1453. Court rolls of the manor of Bromley, Dorset.

11. MS. D. D. Brocas 84

Date Range:
1467 - 1467
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Grant. Bromley (Dorset), Netherbury (Hampshire). 7 Ed. VI. July 7, 1467. Grant by Bernard Brocas to Sir William Hastings, Lord de Hastings, Ralph Hastings, and others, of Bromley, Ferlegh and Kyngeslond, in trust for the use of himself and his wife Philippa.

15. MS. D. D. Brocas 88

Date Range:
1489 - 1489
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Quitclaim. Bromley (Dorset), Netherbury (Hampshire). 5 Hen. VII. Oct. 2, 1489. Quitclaim by John Brocas and his son and heir apparent, William Brocas, to Ralph Hastings and the rest of the trustees for Bromley, Ferlegh, and Kyngeslond.

18. MS. D. D. Brocas 195

Date Range:
1491 - 1491
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Receipt. Bromley (Dorset). 6 Hen. VII. May 25, 1491. Receipt for £7 From William Elys, as Philippa Brocas's attorney, to John Brocas.