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Martin de Flanders, Carmelite friar. de Flanders Martin Council. Carmelite friar...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8564

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Reference
SC 8/172/8564
Date
[c. 1377]
Description
Petitioners
Martin de Flanders, Carmelite friar.
Name(s)
de Flanders, Martin
Addressees
Council.
Occupation
Carmelite friar
Nature of endorsement
He should find sufficient surety that he will go no further than Flanders, and he should have a writ of passage in due form.
Places mentioned
Flanders
London
Dover, [Kent]
Sandwich, [Kent].
Addressees
Council.
Places mentioned
Flanders
London
Dover, [Kent]
Sandwich, [Kent].
Nature of request
Martin de Flanders requests a licence to go to Flanders from London, Dover or Sandwich as he has been in England at school, and has been commanded to return to his house by his provincial.
Nature of endorsement
He should find sufficient surety that he will go no further than Flanders, and he should have a writ of passage in due form.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1377 as the hand of the petition is clearly later C14th and the petition is addressed to the council, a regular occurrence in the early years of the reign of Richard II.
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/C9294429/

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