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John Banberye (Banbury) of Bristol. Banberye (Banbury) John King and the lords of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/92/4569

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This record is about the John Banberye (Banbury) of Bristol. Banberye (Banbury) John King and the lords of... dating from [1394] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/92/4569
Date
[1394]
Description
Petitioners
John Banberye (Banbury) of Bristol.
Name(s)
Banberye (Banbury), John
Addressees
King and the lords of the present parliament.
Nature of request
Banberye requests that a remedy be ordained for him as he can have no remedy against those from Wales from Newport and elsewhere who came and broke up his ship which had run aground in the Severn estuary and carried away his cargo of wine and other merchandise before he and his men could recover it.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Bristol
Gascony, [France]
River Severn
Goldcliff, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Newport, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Caerleon, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Magor, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
The Pill, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Nash, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Pwllmeyric, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Chepstow, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Beachley, [Monmouthshire].
Note
The petition dates to 1394 when a commission of oyer and terminer was issued into the matter, probably in response to this particular petition or its near duplicate (CPR 1391-6, p.433).
Related material

For a near duplicate of this petition addressed to the commons and with a response see SC 8/96/4758

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 560
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.142 (brief note referring to the duplicate) & p.148 (full calendar of near duplicate of this petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.433 (commission of oyer and terminer into the matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149117/

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