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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry de Bedeford (Bedford), Master of the order of St Thomas of Acre. de Bedeford...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4657
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This record is about the Henry de Bedeford (Bedford), Master of the order of St Thomas of Acre. de Bedeford... dating from [c. 1322] 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 8/94/4657
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry de Bedeford (Bedford), Master of the order of St Thomas of Acre.
- Name(s)
- de Bedeford (Bedford), Henry
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Master of the order of St Thomas of Acre
- Nature of request
- Bedeford requests remedy for a robbery perpetrated against him in the sea of Greece off Crete by the Cessino brothers in two Genoese galleys.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue in Chancery etc.2) Coram domino rege.
- Places mentioned
- Greece
- Crete
- Florence, [Italy]
- France
- Genoa, [Italy]
- Cyprus
- Chastel Monoge [unidentified], [Crete]
- Chastel Peter [unidentified], [Crete]
- Saone (Canea, Khania) diocese, [Crete].
- People mentioned
- Nicholas de Cessino
- Anthony de Cessino, brother of Nicholas
- John de Cessino, brother of Nicholas and Anthony
- Archbishop of Candia (Iraklion)
- Duke of Crete.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1322 as the petition refers to the robbery as occurring on 22 May 1322, and it is unlikely that the petition is too much later.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.10 of PRO 31/7/97
For another petition by the same petitioner, but on a different matter, see SC 8/259/12926
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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 777
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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/C9149208/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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