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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de la Launde, Provost of Guernsey. de la Launde John King and council. Provost...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2856
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This record is about the John de la Launde, Provost of Guernsey. de la Launde John King and council. Provost... dating from [c. 1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/58/2856
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de la Launde, Provost of Guernsey.
- Name(s)
- de la Launde, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Provost of Guernsey
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioner seeks permission to pursue an arrest warrant at Bordeaux in Gascony, for the arrest on sight of various thieves who boarded the ship called St John with the petitioner's cargo on board, and took both ship and cargo against the law and against the will of the master and mariners, who were ejected in fear of the death of one mariner (John Levesqe). Ship and cargo are worth £150 sterling. Two millstones worth 100s were also taken.2) He also seeks permission (for himself and his associates) to pursue an arrest warrant at Bordeaux against Quartermain for £50 costs.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege et magno consilio.2) Let him sue by due process for the arrests. Sue by inquest in England or in the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, and the process made in due order. And submit for the arrest according to the agreement of the council, supported by other petitions in similar cases.
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Jersey, [Channel Islands]
- Gascony, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- Colin Levesqe, Mariner
- Seneschal of Gascony
- Stephen de Quartermain.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1340 on the basis of the appointment of la Laude to the relevant office in 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 9187
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.466 (appointment of la Launde as keeper of Guernsey)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063076/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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