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Ralph de Nicol (Lincoln), burgess of Grimsby. de Nicol (Lincoln) Ralph King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/129/6405

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This record is about the Ralph de Nicol (Lincoln), burgess of Grimsby. de Nicol (Lincoln) Ralph King and council.... dating from [c. 1340-c. 1360] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/129/6405
Date
[c. 1340-c. 1360]
Description
Petitioners
Ralph de Nicol (Lincoln), burgess of Grimsby.
Name(s)
de Nicol (Lincoln), Ralph
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Grimsby, [Lincolnshire]
Orford Ness, [Suffolk]
London
Artois, [France]
Calais, [France]
Hameltowe (Ambleteuse), Artois, [France].
Nature of request
Ralph de Nicol of Grimsby requests remedy for his goods, stolen when his ship was attacked near Orford Ness on its way to London by people of Artois and Calais and taken to Ambleteuse.
Nature of endorsement
And without process in ...
Note
A Ralph de Lincoln of Grimsby was pardoned on 18 October 1347 for non-appearance in a case relating to his time as bailiff of York (CPR 1345-8, p.416), and this is probably the same man. The handwriting would seem to date to the mid-fourteenth century, although the reference to 'the war' would suggest a date after the outbreak of the Hundred Years War in 1337.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6022
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208584/

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