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John Sampson of Dartmouth. Sampson John Lords and commons of parliament. John Sampson...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/23/1149

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Reference
SC 8/23/1149
Date
[1416]
Description
Petitioners
John Sampson of Dartmouth.
Name(s)
Sampson, John
Addressees
Lords and commons of parliament.
Nature of request
John Sampson states that when his ship, the 'Katherine Benet', was returning with merchandise from the Algarve last December, it was attacked by Bretons, despite the truce between England and Brittany, all the merchandise was taken, and he and the others in the ship were imprisoned and released on a very high ransom. He asks the lords and commons to ask the king to have due restitution made to him, and others of the king's lieges, by the Bretons, for their losses and injuries.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Soit prie a Roy et as seignurs (A request is to be made to the king and to the lords).[On dorse] This petition is to be delivered to the king's council, and the lords of the same council are to ordain, by authority of parliament, what seems most reasonable to them on this matter for the party making the complaint.
Places mentioned
Dertemuth (Dartmouth), [Devon]
Algarve, [Portugal]
Bretaign (Brittany), [France].
People mentioned
John Croft, ship's master.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1416, and by Rot. Parl. Vol. IV p.89a-b (no. 7) to 3 Henry V. All the other petitions in this section seem to be from the parliament of March 1416, and the document itself certainly seems to have features in common with them: for example the number, like those on SC 8/23/1144, SC 8/23/1150, SC 8/24/1152 and SC 8/24/1153.
Related material

For a petition from a victim of a similar attack, with an identical endorsement, see SC 8/23/1150

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7652
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.89a-b (no.7) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061317/

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