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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Cavendish of London, merchant. Cavendish John King and Parliament merchant The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5066
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/102/5066
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Cavendish of London, merchant.
- Name(s)
- Cavendish, John
- Addressees
- King and Parliament
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks compensation for himself and others for merchandise taken by the king's enemies at sea by the negligence of Manfeld, Paris, Haukyn and Horsman, who, for a great sum of silver and 6d. in the pound and 2s. for each tun of wine, undertook to guard the sea against the king's enemies from Winchelsea as far as the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. They and their deputies, by colour of certain commissions from the king, without guarantee [went] to Kirkley, Lowestoft and Lothingland and elsewhere in Suffolk and took sums of money for transporting various goods and pilgrims whilst a ship loaded with the petitioner's goods (and those of others), was taken by the king's enemies.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Winchelsea, [Sussex]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Kirkley Roads, [Suffolk]
- Lowestoft, [Suffolk]
- Lothingland hundred, [Suffolk]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Gilbert Manfeld, merchant
- Robert Paris, merchant
- John Haukyn, mariner
- Thomas Horsman, mariner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on the guard date this petition to c. 1391.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from Manfeld and his colleagues see SC 8/125/6221
For a related petition see SC 8/84/4191
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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 1982
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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/C9149635/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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