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John de Seint Omer (St Omer), burgess of Lynn, and his companions. de Seint Omer...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/142/7071
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This record is about the John de Seint Omer (St Omer), burgess of Lynn, and his companions. de Seint Omer... dating from [? 1290] 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 8/142/7071
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Seint Omer (St Omer), burgess of Lynn, and his companions.
- Name(s)
- de Seint Omer (St Omer), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- burgess of Lynn
- Nature of request
- John de Seint Omer, burgess of Lynn, and his companions, complain that they were robbed fourteen years ago by men of the Count of Zealand, and that they have sued ever since then until they will now be reduced to beggary by their suit if they do not have the King's grace.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Alard le Grave; Gode Huelin; Gerard le fitz Huwe (Fitz Hugh); Luke Tankard and others from Bovile; John Ben from Dordrecht; Jacob le frere Huwe (the brother of Hugh) and his brother from Dordrecht.[On dorse] Coram consilio.
- Places mentioned
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
- Zealand, [Netherlands]
- Bovile [unidentified], [Netherlands]
- Dordrecht, [Netherlands].
- People mentioned
- Count of Zealand
- John de Lovetot
- Henry de Neuwerk (Newark)
- Alard le Grave
- Gode Huelin
- Gerard le fitz Huwe (Fitz Hugh)
- Luke Tankard (Dancaert) of Bovile
- John Ben of Dordrecht
- Jacob le frere Huwe (the brother of Hugh) of Dordrecht.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.47a (no.18) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 19 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209250/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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