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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Johan (John), ship's master. Johan (John) John Lords of parliament. ship's master...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/85/4231
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This record is about the John Johan (John), ship's master. Johan (John) John Lords of parliament. ship's master... dating from [? 1422] 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 8/85/4231
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Johan (John), ship's master.
- Name(s)
- Johan (John), John
- Addressees
- Lords of parliament.
- Occupation
- ship's master
- Nature of request
- John Johan states that on the feast of St Bartholomew [24 August] last, a barge that he was taking to Sandwich with goods and merchandise, taking advantage of the peace between the late king and the Duke of Brittany, was attacked by two balingers of St Malo and taken there, where the goods and merchandise were disposed of and the sailors ransomed, to his great loss. He asks the lords that his barge, or its value, might be restored to him, and especially that he might have reprisal for the loss of this barge, and for his costs and damages, to be taken from people of St Malo.
- Nature of endorsement
- The supplicant will have the King's letters to the Duke of Brittany to give him due redress for the things contained in this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- St Malo, Brittany, [France].
- People mentioned
- [Henry V], King of England
- [John V], Duke of Brittany.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- As this petition refers to the peace between the late king [Henry V] and the Duke of Brittany [made in 1414, to last for ten years], it seems to have been presented either to the parliament of 1422 or that of 1423.
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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 190
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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)
- English
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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/C9148773/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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