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Mayor and barons of Winchelsea. King. The mayor and barons request remedy as Alard...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8862

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Reference
SC 8/178/8862
Date
[c. 1319]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and barons of Winchelsea.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The mayor and barons request remedy as Alard and his mariners have been taken and imprisoned in Brest by the malice of Tresili while they were bringing a cargo of wine from Gascony, they having no remedy from the duke of Brittany.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Winchelsea, [Sussex]
Brittany, [France]
Brest, [Brittany, France]
le Coquet, [Brittany, France]
Gascony, [France].
People mentioned
Benedict Alard, co-baron of Winchelsea
G... de Tresili, castellan of le Coquet, and keeper of the sea of Brittany
Duke of Brittany.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1319 on the basis of the dating given in the guard note, which itself is based on the dating of SC 8/233/11626.
Related material

For a related petition by Benedict Alard, see SC 8/30/1479

For a related letter, see SC 8/233/11626

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/C9294730/

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