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Alexander Colin of Sherborne. Colin Alexander King Colin shows that he had loaded...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1970

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This record is about the Alexander Colin of Sherborne. Colin Alexander King Colin shows that he had loaded... dating from [c. 1321] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/40/1970
Date
[c. 1321]
Description
Petitioners
Alexander Colin of Sherborne.
Name(s)
Colin, Alexander
Addressees
King
Nature of request
Colin shows that he had loaded a boat with cloth, but the money and goods from the boat were taken before Portsmouth by Batayl and others of the Cinque Ports. It was alleged to him that he was from Weymouth, and the man of Damory, but he is of Sherborne as the letters close of the bishop of Salisbury attest. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
He should go to the common law.
Places mentioned
Sherborne, [Dorset]
Portsmouth, [Hampshire]
Weymouth, [Dorset].
People mentioned
Whytesond de Trent
Robert de la Batayl
Piers Bard
John Baddyngge
John Dyne
Andrew Sely
Roger Damory.
Note
The petition can be dated to c. 1321 from the date given within the petition. It is unlikely that the petition would be long after the date.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1418
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062174/

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