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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Giles de Forstill, Morris Gages, William Helkeworth, Richard de Waturfall and John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2329
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/47/2329
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Giles de Forstill, Morris Gages, William Helkeworth, Richard de Waturfall and John Hoggis, tin-merchants of Plymouth
- Name(s)
- de Forstill; Gages; Helkeworth; de Waturfall; Hoggis, Giles; Morris; William; Richard; John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- tin-merchants of Plymouth
- Nature of request
- Giles de Forstill, Morris Gages, William Helkeworth, Richard de Waturfall and John Hoggis, of Plymouth, tin-merchants, state that when they were crossing to Normandy with their merchandise, William Bruman, Hugh Gobard, Hugh Salkentyn and other burgesses of Le Havre robbed them of a great sum of money and tin, and imprisoned them, in time of peace, that is, the eighth year of the king's reign. They ask to be able to take the value of their losses from the Normans, if they can find them anywhere in England, Gascony or elsewhere.
- Nature of endorsement
- Certain good and loyal people are to be appointed by commission of the great seal to inquire by the oath both of the merchants and of others if the robbery and arrest contained in the petition took place as the petition claims; and by whom they were done, and of whose power they are; and of what goods and merchandise they were robbed and of what value, and into other articles etc. And when the inquisition has been returned, and the robbery found to have taken place, and the crossing overseas is closed as it is at present, then they are to have right of seizure of goods against the peers and comrades of the said robbers, provided that this right of seizure does not extend to the goods and merchandise of merchants living in England, or who have free tenements in England. And if the crossing is open when the inquisition is returned, then it is to be sent to the lords to do justice, and the ancient course is further to be followed.
- Places mentioned
- Plymouth, Devon
- Levre (Le Havre), [Normandy, France]
- Caudebec, [Normandy, France]
- Gascony, [France]
- People mentioned
- William Bruman, burgess of Le Havre
- Hugh Gobard, burgess of Le Havre
- Hugh Salkentyn, burgess of Le Havre
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c.1334', with reference to 8 Edward III (25 January 1334 - 24 January 1335), although it must presumably date from fairly soon after that year.
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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 3360
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062540/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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