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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Foville, merchant of Rouen of Normandy. de Foville William King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/161/8049
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/161/8049
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Foville, merchant of Rouen of Normandy.
- Name(s)
- de Foville, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Rouen, Normandy, [France]
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Winchelsea, [Sussex]
- Rye, [Sussex].
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts]. 1) Foville requests that he and his merchandises can be delivered as he came to sell his goods at Great Yarmouth after the king's proclamation that all merchants could come to England to trade as long as they paid their customs, but he and his merchandises were arrested by an order of the king to arrest those of the power of the king of France. 2) [The second petition is partly illegible]. Foville requests . . . and that the ship and its equipment be delivered, as he charged a ship called 'Notre Dame' with salt to go to England but this was taken by the people of Winchelsea.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be commanded by writ of Chancery . . . 2) Let it be commanded by writ of Chancery . . .
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1327 on the basis of dating given in the guard note which refers to an earlier version of this petition from the time of Edward II addressed to the queen and duke. This earlier version must date to late 1326 or January 1327, and it is possible that the SC 8 petition was remade to reflect Edward II's formal deposition (SC 1/37, no.19).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a slightly earlier version of this petition addressed to Queen Isabella and to Edward, son of the king of England, see no.19 in SC 1/37
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293893/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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