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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Matthew son of William son of Robert de Wolferton (Wolferton). son of William son...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/147/7333
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This record is about the Matthew son of William son of Robert de Wolferton (Wolferton). son of William son... dating from [c. 1326] 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 8/147/7333
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1326]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matthew son of William son of Robert de Wolferton (Wolferton).
- Name(s)
- son of William son of Robert de Wolferton (Wolferton), Matthew
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Matthew son of William son of Robert de Wolferton states that when he and his companions had charged a ship of Zealand at King's Lynn with wools and other goods for Zierikzee in Zealand, John Arthur and others from Hartlepool attacked the ship off Cromer, drove all but one of those on board off the ship, and took the ship to Hartlepool, where they still hold it. Matthew and the others have often asked for restitution of their goods, but have not been able to have either restitution or justice because of the franchise of the Bishop of Durham. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Zealand, [Netherlands]
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
- Seryce (Zierikzee), [Netherlands]
- Hartlepool, [County Durham]
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Bishopric of Durham (County Durham).
- People mentioned
- John Arthur of Hartlepool.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1326 by Northern Petitions pp.227-8 (no.167), on the basis of pardons for outlawry for a trespass in Norfolk, granted to John Arthur and others on 24 April 1326.
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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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.227-8 (no.167) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209517/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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