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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Veys and Catherine Veys his wife. Veys; Veys John; Catherine King's council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/77/3826
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This record is about the John Veys and Catherine Veys his wife. Veys; Veys John; Catherine King's council.... dating from [c. 1309-1314] 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 8/77/3826
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1309-1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Veys and Catherine Veys his wife.
- Name(s)
- Veys; Veys, John; Catherine
- Addressees
- King's council.
- Nature of request
- John Veys and Catherine his wife, formerly the wife of Terry de la Brewer, burgess of Bruges in Flanders, states that in Edward I's time when he was in Flanders, her late husband lent heavily to the English, but that they are now refusing to honour their obligations on the grounds that they were drawn up overseas in Flanders, and thus they can have no recovery before justices. They request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- There is no law provided in this case, and therefore this petition cannot be answered.
- Places mentioned
- Bruges, Flanders.
- People mentioned
- Terry (Thierry) de la Brewer, burgess of Bruges, former husband of Catherine Veys
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c 1309-1314 with reference to SC 8/120/5988, which can be dated to after that year, and to a lawsuit in the Exchequer of Pleas dated 1314
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier related petition, see SC 8/36/1791
For another petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/120/5988
For another petition on the same matter by the same petitioners see SC 8/80/3996
For a lawsuit in the Exchequer of Pleas, William Servat and Catherine plaintiffs, see E 13/37
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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 9075
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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/C9107600/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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