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Geoffrey Gallan of Dublin. Gallan Geoffrey King. Gallan requests that those people...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/113/5649

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Reference
SC 8/113/5649
Date
[1405]
Description
Petitioners
Geoffrey Gallan of Dublin.
Name(s)
Gallan, Geoffrey
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Gallan requests that those people who robbed his ship which was forced to Cornwall by a storm on its way back from Bordeaux to Dublin be summoned by writs to answer both for the king's losses as well as for the trespass and loss done to the petitioner, and that a remedy be provided.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Dublin, [Ireland]
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Cornwall.
Note
The petition is dated to 1405 by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions', with references.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3786
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.40 (brief calendar of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150322/

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