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Guillaume (William) de Besevylle of Fecamp, merchant of France; Colin Robons, merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/179/8908
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This record is about the Guillaume (William) de Besevylle of Fecamp, merchant of France; Colin Robons, merchant... dating from [c. 1340-c. 1360] 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 8/179/8908
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340-c. 1360]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Guillaume (William) de Besevylle of Fecamp, merchant of France; Colin Robons, merchant of France; John Daveners, merchant of France; Ralph de la Mote, merchant of France; Laurence Lygemell, ship's master; John Bover, ship's master.
- Name(s)
- de Besevylle; Robons; Daveners; Mote; Lygemell; Bover, Guillaume (William); Colin; John; Ralph; Laurence; John
- Addressees
- King of England and France and Lords of Parliament.
- Occupation
- merchant of France; ship's master
- Nature of request
- [Parts of this petition are badly faded and stained.]The petitioners make a request regarding letters of safe conduct for themselves and their ships to trade between England and France. The Duke of Bourbon has also sent his servant to England to purchase goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] [Largely illegible note concerning the payment of customs.]
- Places mentioned
- Fecamp, [Normandy, France]
- France.
- People mentioned
- Guillaume (William), servant to the Duke of Bourbon
- Duke of Bourbon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The handwriting, and the address to the king of England and France, would seem to date the petition to the middle decades of the fourteenth century. Due to the condition of the document, it is not clear whether the petitioners are requesting letters of safe conduct, or action regarding letters already granted.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294776/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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