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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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James Pesshoner (Fishmonger), citizen of London, and Augustine, parson of the church...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4251
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This record is about the James Pesshoner (Fishmonger), citizen of London, and Augustine, parson of the church... dating from [c. 1305] 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 8/86/4251
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- James Pesshoner (Fishmonger), citizen of London, and Augustine, parson of the church of St John's, Dunwich, and William Austin, executors of Richard Fitz John of Dunwich.
- Name(s)
- Pesshoner (Fishmonger); Austin, James; Augustine; William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- citizen of London; parson of the church of St John's, Dunwich
- Nature of request
- The petitioners, executors of Richard Fitz John of Dunwich, state that in response to a previous petition the King sent letters to John, Count of Hainault, Holland and Zealand, and Lord of Friesland and to Katherine, Lady of Voorne, issued, asking for justice for the petitioners in the matter of three ships, coming with merchandise from Berwick, stolen from Richard and James Pesshoner, and the imprisonment of Richard and the other people in the ships, some of whom died in prison, but that these letters have met with no response. They request withernam (reprisal) against the powers of the Count and of Lady Katherine, according to merchant law.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to go to Chancery and have writs of withernam of goods there according to the petition etc., to the sum etc.He is to have writs: to the Sheriff of Kent, £300; to the Mayor of London £216 10s; to the Sheriff of Suffolk and Harwich, £500; to the Bailiffs of Yarmouth, £1000; to the Sheriff of Lincolnshire, £2000.
- Places mentioned
- Dunwich, [Suffolk]
- Hainault
- Holland, [Netherlands]
- Zealand, [Netherlands]
- Friesland, [Netherlands]
- Voorne, [Netherlands]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Kent
- London
- Suffolk
- Harwich, [Essex]
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- Richard Fitz John of Dunwich
- John, Count of Hainault, Holland and Zealand, and Lord of Friesland
- Katherine, Lady of Voorne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1302-7 pp.281-282 is dated 13 July 1305, and would seem perhaps to come from a slightly later stage of proceedings.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a letter requesting the return of the petitioners' goods, formerly enclosed with this petition, see C 146/6861
For a related petition see SC 8/202/10070
For the letters mentioned in the petition see C 47/27/3/44
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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 6706
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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 Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), pp.281-282 (order to deliver certain monies from goods taken from merchants of Hainault, Holland, Zealand and Friesland to the petitioners, and to arrest more to a certain further sum)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148793/
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