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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Stokesby, merchant; Peter atte Fen of Yarmouth, merchant; Henry Luminour,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3587
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This record is about the William de Stokesby, merchant; Peter atte Fen of Yarmouth, merchant; Henry Luminour,... dating from [? 1375-? 1400] 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 8/72/3587
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1375-? 1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Stokesby, merchant; Peter atte Fen of Yarmouth, merchant; Henry Luminour, merchant; William de Elyngham of Norwich, merchant; James de Marham of Bury, merchant; Ralph Kyng (King), merchant; William Seburgh of Colchester, merchant; Alan Hunte, merchant; Alan Hegyn, merchant.
- Name(s)
- de Stokesby; Fen; Luminour; de Elyngham; de Marham; Kyng (King); Seburgh; Hunte; Hegyn, William; Peter; Henry; William; James; Ralph; William; Alan; Alan
- Addressees
- King and parliament.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- The merchants request that the king send his letters to the king of Norway for the restoration of their merchandise together with their damages, costs, mises and losses, which merchandise was seized when they were taken ashore in Norway because of damage to their ship. They also request that they be granted an arrest of all merchants and merchandise from Norway until the restoration.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a letter to the king upon the matter contained in this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Norwich, [Norfolk]
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk]
- Colchester, [Essex]
- Scone (Scania), [Sweden]
- Norway
- Hulst (Holstein), [Germany]
- Strausond (Stralsund), [Germany]
- Conyngesbergh (Koenigsberg, Kaliningrad), [Russia].
- People mentioned
- King of Norway
- Count of Hulst (Holstein)
- burgomaster of Stralsund
- burgomaster of Koenigsberg
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The hand could date from much of the fourteenth century, but the address to king and parliament suggests that the petition is most likely to date from some time in the last quarter of that century.
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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 7355
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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/C9107361/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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