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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Bydard (Bidard), master of the ship 'Seint Jak' of Bayonne, and the other...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4833
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/97/4833
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1338]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Bydard (Bidard), master of the ship 'Seint Jak' of Bayonne, and the other mariners of the ship.
- Name(s)
- de Bydard (Bidard), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- master of the ship 'Seint Jak' of Bayonne; mariners of the ship
- Nature of request
- John de Bydard, master of the ship 'Seint Jak' of Bayonne, and the other mariners of the ship state that when their ship was in the port of Sandwich, John Boys, Hikeman de la Pole, and Michael Broun took from the ship its goods and merchandise, together with it gear and equipment, against their will. The King ordered Bartholomew de Burgherssh, Admiral of the Cinq Ports, to take these goods into his hands for a certain reason, and afterwards ordered him to restore them to them; but they have not yet received anything. They request a swift remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Bartholomew is to be ordered again to give them a swift remedy according to the command of our lord the King, or to explain the reason why he has not done so before now.
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- Dartmouth, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- John Boys, master of the 'Nief Dieu' of Dartmouth
- Hikeman de la Pole, master of the 'La Rode Cogg'
- Michael Broun (Brown), master of the 'Seint Nicholas' of Dartmouth
- Bartholomew de Burgherssh (Burghersh), Admiral of the Cinque Ports.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1338 by Rot. Parl. vol. II p.100b (no. 11). CCR 1337-9 p.220 is dated 10 December 1337, and would seem to be the earlier order that was not acted upon. CCR 1337-9 p.204 is dated 5 November 1337, and p.275 is also dated then.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/12/589
For transcript, see p.13 of PRO 31/7/123
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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 1298
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1337-1339, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.204 (order to de-arrest this ship and others and to return its equipment but not the merchandise) & p.220 (order to Bartholomew de Burgherssh to return the petitioners' goods) & p.275 (enrolment of deed by the petitioner and others, promising good behaviour and that they will harass the King's enemies)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.100b (no. 11) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149400/
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