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Fernao Loppes (Lopes), clerk and steward. Loppes (Lopes) Fernao King and Council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6005

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This record is about the Fernao Loppes (Lopes), clerk and steward. Loppes (Lopes) Fernao King and Council.... dating from [? c. 1450-? c. 1500] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/121/6005
Date
[? c. 1450-? c. 1500]
Description
Petitioners
Fernao Loppes (Lopes), clerk and steward.
Name(s)
Loppes (Lopes), Fernao
Addressees
King and Council.
Occupation
clerk and steward
Nature of request
The petitioner, steward of a Portuguese trading ship, seeks reparation for an attack on his ship off Southampton by two ships from Poole, and compensation for the goods stolen and the men killed in the attack. He stresses the alliance between the kings of England and Portugal.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Lisbon, Portugal
Poole, [Dorset]
Hamptonne (Southampton), [Hampshire]
London.
People mentioned
Machado Gomes Gonsalves
João Domingo
John Cotiller
Walter Homitie
William Arner
King of Portugal
Robert Ramston
Thomas Aleyn
Thomas Huchon
Hugh Witclef
James Ropper, former Lieutenant of the Admiral.
Note
Given that it is written on paper, this petition presumably dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. The handwriting is difficult to date, but may date from the latter part of the fifteenth century.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4996
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208171/

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