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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh de Castelford (Castleford). de Castelford (Castleford) Hugh King. Hugh de Castelford...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/99/4912
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This record is about the Hugh de Castelford (Castleford). de Castelford (Castleford) Hugh King. Hugh de Castelford... 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 8/99/4912
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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
- Hugh de Castelford (Castleford).
- Name(s)
- de Castelford (Castleford), Hugh
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Hugh de Castelford states that, as he was coming from overseas with cloth and other goods and merchandise on the Sunday before St Dunstan [19 May], he was attacked off Sandwich by Gervase Alard, Richard Ewyn, Richard Prat and Nicholas Caboche, who carried off his goods and merchandise and still hold them. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None: but for an endorsement that may cover this petition as well, see SC 8/99/4913.]
- Places mentioned
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- Winchelsea, [Sussex]
- Dover, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Gervase Alard of Winchelsea
- Richard Ewyn of Winchelsea
- Richard Prat of Winchelsea
- Nicholas Caboche of Dover.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is not dated, but the response to SC 8/99/4913, which dates from c. 1322, may cover this petition as well - and Gervase Alard is named as one of the malefactors in both petitions, which would seem to suggest a similar date.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition probably from the petitioner's son, see SC 8/12/553
For transcript, see no.20 of PRO 31/7/103
For a petition on a similar subject that may be contemporary, see SC 8/99/4913
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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 1613
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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/C9149479/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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