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Incident

Id3054
Short DescriptionThomas de Suffolk burns documents of the priory and convent of Bromholm
DetailsAnd that Thomas de Suffolk of Swanton [Abbott] with others unknown did likewise with the court rolls of the priory and convent of Bromholm.
LocationBacton,Norfolk
TypeArson: burning of documents
SourceTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 103
CommentsPriory and convent of Bromholm = Cluniac Priory in Bacton, Tunstead hundred. Cf. CPR 1385-89, p. 7: Licence for 50 marks paid to the king by the prior and convent of Bromholm and because the possession of that priory ... have been wasted by inundations of the sea and their buildings burned, so that they can scarcely support the burdens of their foundation ... (3 May 1385)

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ThomasSuffolkAccusedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 103 View participant page

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