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Master of a boat of Sluis. Council. Master of a boat of Sluis The petitioner requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8606

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SC 8/173/8606
Date
[c. 1403]
Description
Petitioners
Master of a boat of Sluis.
Addressees
Council.
Occupation
Master of a boat of Sluis
Nature of request
The petitioner requests sufficient warranty for his delivery and of his ship, and that he be paid for the goods of the Normans that he was carrying in the boat, for his damages and the expenses. He was freighting goods when the boat was seized by certain men of Calais.
Nature of endorsement
[The response is entirely illegible as a consequence of repairs to the petition].
Places mentioned
Sluis, [Netherlands]
Calais, [France].
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1403 as a commission was ordered into the ship and its cargo on 9 May 1403 possibly in response to the petition (CPR 1401-5, p.279).
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/270/13454

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.279 (commission to examine the matter of the ship)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294472/

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