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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Wodeby of Abingdon, merchant. Wodeby Thomas King. merchant Thomas Wodeby requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/147/7320
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This record is about the Thomas Wodeby of Abingdon, merchant. Wodeby Thomas King. merchant Thomas Wodeby requests... dating from [? c. 1339] 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 8/147/7320
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1339]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Wodeby of Abingdon, merchant.
- Name(s)
- Wodeby, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Thomas Wodeby requests a writ to the customs-officers of London to allow him to ship wools and wool-fells to the value of £18 15s. 2d., in compensation for for goods taken from him by Robert de Popham and his companions, as he has also had heavy losses through wool taken from him for the King's use, and a robbery inflicted on him by the French.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Abingdon, [Berkshire]
- Dourdrawt (Dordrecht), [Netherlands]
- France
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- London.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Popham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1339-41 p.303 is dated 20 September 1339 and concerns repayment for the wools taken from Thomas for the king's use. It is probably earlier than this petition, as Thomas mentions this large sum, but does not request compensation for it.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/291/14508
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.303 (grant to the petitioner of an allowance from the customs of London)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209504/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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