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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Laurence de Seynt Jak (Saint James), master of the ship called the ship of Our Lady...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/2/99
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This record is about the Laurence de Seynt Jak (Saint James), master of the ship called the ship of Our Lady... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/2/99
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Laurence de Seynt Jak (Saint James), master of the ship called the ship of Our Lady of Fount Arabye.
- Name(s)
- de Seynt Jak (Saint James), Laurence
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- master of the ship called the ship of Our Lady of Fount Arabye
- Nature of request
- Seynt Jak shows that he and his fellows, merchants of Gascony, on the way to Gascony carrying goods of the value of £2,200 encountered a storm and were wrecked upon the coast of Denge Marsh. Then men of Winchelsea, Rye and Romney came and by force and arms stole their goods. On this Bernard Franssa, attorney of the merchants purchased a writ of the king to Robert de Kendal to enquire of these things, but he was unable to do so as the men of the ports disputed his right to do so. The merchants request that the king and his council give evidence if the king and his ministers with a warrant have the authority to enquire of such malefactors or not, and order that the merchants have restitution of their goods, and remedy that the men of the Cinque Ports are not able to be inquisitors of the trespasses that they themselves have made.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because by a previous order to Robert de Kendale nothing was done as is contained in the petition, Robert, then constable of Dover is again ordered to enquire etc. and he should make rapid and full justice.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Dungemareis (Denge Marsh), [Kent]
- Winchelsea, [Sussex]
- Rye, [Sussex]
- Romney, [Kent]
- Dover, [Kent]
- Cynkports (Cinque Ports).
- People mentioned
- Laurence de Tore (Tours), merchant of Gascony
- Bernard de Badagle, merchant of Gascony
- Robert de Kendale (Kendal), constable of Dover Castle, and keeper of the Cinque Ports
- Bernard Franssa, attorney of the merchants.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1315 by reference to the title in Rot. Parl., vol I, p. 314, noting that a related petition to be for the parliament held at Westminster in the octave of Hillary, 8 Edw.II. It seems clear that the entry in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.329b (no. 205) is not the same petition, so it is likely that this petition is not a near contemporary.
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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)
- Parliamentary Petition 4600
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.329b (no. 205) (Latin summary of a similar petition on the parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060212/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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