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William du Val (Duval), merchant of Rouen; Gronoult Claisson, ship's master of Zierikzee....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8745
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This record is about the William du Val (Duval), merchant of Rouen; Gronoult Claisson, ship's master of Zierikzee.... dating from [1421] 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 8/175/8745
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William du Val (Duval), merchant of Rouen; Gronoult Claisson, ship's master of Zierikzee.
- Name(s)
- du Val (Duval); Claisson, William; Gronoult
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant of Rouen; ship's master
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged, and a large section is now missing.]The petitioners request the restitution of wines taken from them by the officers of the Countess of Arundel and the Archbishop of Canterbury when they landed in Sussex.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 19 February in the eighth year it was agreed by the council that under the great seal let a writ of commission be made addressed to Lord Poynings and others to enquire of the goods and merchandises whereof the petition makes mention, and of whose hands they have come, and to make and ordain restitution to those to whom they pertain as reason demands, and that the commissioners make distinctly and openly certify under their seals to the council of what they done on this.
- Places mentioned
- Rouen, [Normandy, France]
- Selissay (Zierikzee), [Netherlands]
- Zeeland
- Sussex.
- People mentioned
- [Henry Chichele], Archbishop of Canterbury
- [Eleanor], Countess of Arundel
- Richard Watheherst
- Walter Urry
- [Robert de Poynings], Lord Poynings
- John Nelond
- Jennequin (John) Halles (Halle).
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.329 (commission to Poynings and others to examine the complaint of the petitioners, and to do justice)
- Select Cases before the King's Council, 1243-1482, Ed. I.S. Leadam and J.F. Baldwin, (Selden Society, vol. XXXV, 1918), pp.96-7 (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294613/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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