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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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Walter Feteplace and Peter James, merchants, and Ralph Huskard, John John and Richard...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5863
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This record is about the Walter Feteplace and Peter James, merchants, and Ralph Huskard, John John and Richard... dating from [? 1430] 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 8/118/5863
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1430]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Feteplace and Peter James, merchants, and Ralph Huskard, John John and Richard Preste, mariners of Southampton.
- Name(s)
- Feteplace; James; Huskard; John; Preste, Walter; Peter; Ralph; John; Richard
- Addressees
- Commons.
- Occupation
- merchants; mariners
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask to be discharged from certain customs duties. They state that, on a voyage to Portugal, they seized 60 half-sacks of Spanish wool from a ship on the high seas, and brought it back to Southampton. They were then charged over £57 in customs for this wool, even though it was only worth £30. This wool was then sent to Calais, but was taken by the king's enemies and taken to Crotoy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Let it be sent to the Lords.[on dorse] The King will be advised.
- Places mentioned
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Portugal
- Spain
- Calais, [France]
- Crotoy, [Ponthieu, France].
- People mentioned
- Henry [V], King of England
- William Soper, clerk of ships to Henry V.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to?1430, but no evidence cited.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/111/5504
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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 4452
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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/C9150542/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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