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Bartholomew de Thorp of Great Yarmouth. de Thorp Bartholomew King and council. Bartholomew...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/75/3742

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Reference
SC 8/75/3742
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Bartholomew de Thorp of Great Yarmouth.
Name(s)
de Thorp, Bartholomew
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Bartholomew de Thorp states that his ship, travelling from Gascony to Le Havre with wines, was driven by storm to Chalkeford in England, where it was seized for John Darcy's expedition to Gascony, and its cargo unloaded at Southampton. Bartholomew has lost heavily through this, and requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
John Darcy is to be called.[This petition] is to remain under advisement.
Places mentioned
Grant Jernemue (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk]
Gascony, [France]
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Normandy, [France]
Leire (Le Havre), [Normandy, France]
Chalkeford [unidentified]
Southampton, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
John Darcy.
Note
Suggested as dating around the time of the expedition of John Darcy to Aquitaine, referred to in the petition, and which seems to have occurred in 1330 (Complete Peerage, vol. IV, p. 56).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7949
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107516/

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