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Thomas Renter of Pontoise. Renter Thomas King and council. Thomas Renter states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/69/3439
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This record is about the Thomas Renter of Pontoise. Renter Thomas King and council. Thomas Renter states that... 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 8/69/3439
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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
- Thomas Renter of Pontoise.
- Name(s)
- Renter, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Thomas Renter states that he was coming from Newcastle upon Tyne with a cargo, when his ship was seized by William de Gofferd's mariners and taken to Great Yarmouth for the King's war against the King of France. He asks that his ship and coal might be returned to him, as he is the King's man and the Queen has recommended him to the council.
- Nature of endorsement
- William de Gosford and the Bailiffs of Yarmouth are to be ordered to inform themselves about whether the said John, master of the ship mentioned in the petition, is of the power of the King of England of the county of Pontoise; and if the ship and goods mentioned in the petition were seized for the reason claimed by the petition and not for any other, then the said ship and goods are to be released to the said Thomas.
- Places mentioned
- Pontoise, [Isle of France, France]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Jernemuth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- William de Gosford
- [Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to '? 1337-40' by Northumberland Petitions pp.248-9 (no. 221) on the grounds that Gosford was active in the seizure of ships to and from Flanders between these dates (mentioning three references to one ship seized by him, CCR 1337-9 pp.172, 331, 344).
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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 6890
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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)
- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.248-9 (no.221) (full edition and calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107210/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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