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Laurence de Seint Sebastian, Merchant of Spain. de Seint Sebastian Laurence King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3649
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/73/3649
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Laurence de Seint Sebastian, Merchant of Spain.
- Name(s)
- de Seint Sebastian, Laurence
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Merchant of Spain
- Nature of request
- Laurence requests remedy as many tuns of white wine were taken from him at Guernsey. He petitioned concerning this and the sergeant at arms was ordered to enquire of this. He found numerous tuns in numerous ports in the hands of numerous individuals, but he has only received restitution of a portion of this, and he has been long delayed.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the 6 tuns at Melcombe a writ is ordered to the sheriff to deliver the wine . . . or 5 marks for each and that . . . of the goods and chattels of the purveyors and deliver it to the merchant as speedily as he is able.2) In the same manner it is ordered to the sheriffs and mayors and bailiffs of the other places where the wine has come that the merchant be served as quickly as they are able.
- Places mentioned
- San Sebastian, [Spain]
- Spain
- Guernsey
- Rye, [Sussex]
- Melcombe Regis, [Dorset]
- Lyme Regis, [Dorset]
- Dertemue (Dartmouth), [Devon]
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Mellebrok (Millbrook), [Hampshire]
- Millbrook, [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- Martyn Marco of San Sebastian, Master of the boat the Seint Martyn of San Sebastian
- Rodrigo, Sergeant at Arms
- William Spert
- William Bacoun
- John Boys
- Michael Abraham
- Richard Grinyte
- Collarde de Mundenard
- Roger Hayroun of Millbrook
- John Hayroun, Master of the Nicholas of Mellebrok
- John Esolde, Master of the boat the Bartholomeu
- Michael More
- Nicholas Hayroun of Millbrook
- Roger Norman
- Nicholas Spart, Master of the boat the Petite Espaigne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1337 as appointment of William Bacoun to hold an inquisition into this matter prior to this petition was issued on 16 January 1337 (CPR 1334-8, p.377).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/158/7890
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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 7192
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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. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.377 (appointment for an inquisition concerning the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107423/
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