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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the town of Sandwich. Commons of parliament. The people of the town of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/23/1145
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/23/1145
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1416
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the town of Sandwich.
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The people of the town of Sandwich state that they were previously asked by the king's commission for £80, to make restitution to Catherine Kalewartes, a widow of Flanders, for goods allegedly taken from her at sea and brought to Sandwich, contrary to the truce made by Henry IV with the people of Flanders, although these goods were in fact worth only about 40 shillings. The petitioners petitioned the commons in the last parliament to ask the Duke of Bedford, Lieutenant of England, for a remedy, claiming that this demand was contrary to several statutes. It was decided that the matter would be decided in accordance with the terms of the truce, but another commission has lately been sent to the Duke of Gloucester to levy the £80, contrary to this decision. They ask that the commons ask the king to annul this commission, and to grant another to the Duke, to inquire into what goods were taken, into whose hands they have come, and how much they are worth, so that restitution or compensation can be made to Catherine for them, according to the terms of the truce.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Soit prie a Roy (A request is to be made to the king).[On dorse] The king, with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and at the request of the commons assembled in this parliament held on 16 March in the third year of the reign of King Henry, the fifth since the conquest, wills that by authority of the same parliament execution should be made of the king's commission granted to the aforementioned Catherine touching the aforementioned matter, according to the effect of the truce previously made between England and Flanders.
- Places mentioned
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- Dover, [Kent]
- Flanders
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Catherine Kalewartes
- Constable of Dover castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports
- Henry [IV], King of England
- [John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford and Lieutenant of England
- [Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- As the endorsement makes clear, this petition was presented to the parliament of March 3 Henry V (1416).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A related petition is SC 8/303/15127
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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 7675
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.91b-92a (no.14) (full edition of original petition) & pp.67b-68a (transcription of earlier petition from petitioners on roll of parliament of November 1415)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061313/
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