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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Sedesse, merchant of Bordeaux. Sedesse William King and council. Bordeaux,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8166
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This record is about the William Sedesse, merchant of Bordeaux. Sedesse William King and council. Bordeaux,... dating from [c. 1362] 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 8/164/8166
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1362]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Sedesse, merchant of Bordeaux.
- Name(s)
- Sedesse, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Normandy, [France]
- Sandwich, [Kent].
- Nature of request
- Sedesse requests that the king grant by letters and writs that he may load 400 quarters of wheat at Sandwich and take them to Bordeaux without impediment, since before St Thomas last he was given license to export a quantity of wheat from here to Bordeaux, for which he bought the wheat and pledged his ship at great cost, but the ship was arrested for transporting the men of the king into Normandy whereby he suffered great damages, instead taking wine and exchanging it for the said wheat at Sandwich..
- Nature of endorsement
- [Illegible].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1362, with reference to CCR 1360-4, p. 407, a 1362 order to the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich (in response to petition of Sedesse, among others) to take 2d. from each of the said merchants of Bordeaux and their yeomen, and to keep the money safe until further order, allowing the said merchants to pass to Gascony with their ships and goods without impediment or distraint. The order is probably in response to this petition.
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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. XI, 1360-1364, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.407 (order to mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich in response to petition by Sedesse)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294011/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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