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Warreys de Walloigns (Valoignes), admiral of the Cinque Ports. de Walloigns (Valoignes)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7581

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This record is about the Warreys de Walloigns (Valoignes), admiral of the Cinque Ports. de Walloigns (Valoignes)... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/152/7581
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Warreys de Walloigns (Valoignes), admiral of the Cinque Ports.
Name(s)
de Walloigns (Valoignes), Warreys
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
admiral of the Cinque Ports
Nature of request
Walloigns requests a commission to have more men in the ships of the fleet as the ships of the Cinque Ports are larger than in times past, and the numbers of men that the Cinque Ports allege that they are obliged to find are insufficient to govern the ships.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Cinque Ports.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1327 when Valoignes is recorded as an admiral of the Western Fleet, perhaps serving until 1333 [Handbook of British Chronology, p.128].
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209768/

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