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Arnold Brocas Brocas Arnold King and council Brocas as attorney to the relatives...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/36/1787
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/36/1787
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1310-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Arnold Brocas
- Name(s)
- Brocas, Arnold
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Brocas as attorney to the relatives of Verger and the relatives of his companions states that Verger and his companions were killed in their boat whilst they were going from Flanders to Bayonne by malefactors from the city of Genoa who boarded the boat by force and stole the goods. Edward I heard the complaint of the robbery to the authorities of Genoa that they make amends for this. Because they did nothing Edward II sent further letters to them, and they answered that they would send ambassadors concerning this business to the king, but Brocas still has nothing. He requests that the king ordain such a remedy that the relatives of Verger and his companions are able to have restoration of their goods, damages and expenses.
- Nature of endorsement
- The process should be viewed in Chancery, and let justice be done there.
- Places mentioned
- Genoa, [Italy]
- Flanders, [Belgium]
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- People mentioned
- Renaud de Verger, late master of the boat called la cogge Seinte Marie of Bayone
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on another matter see SC 8/36/1779
For another petition about this matter, see SC 8/269/13447
For another petition by the same petitioner acting for different merchants see SC 8/258/12858
For a related petition see SC 8/262/13055
For a duplicate of this petition, differently endorsed see SC 8/290/14457
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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 916
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.328 (request to the Podesta and consuls of Genoa to do justice)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061988/
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