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Gunsalo (Gonzalo) Moro (Maurus), doctor and ambassador of the King of Castile. Moro...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/179/8931
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This record is about the Gunsalo (Gonzalo) Moro (Maurus), doctor and ambassador of the King of Castile. Moro... dating from [1403] 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 8/179/8931
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1403]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gunsalo (Gonzalo) Moro (Maurus), doctor and ambassador of the King of Castile.
- Name(s)
- Moro (Maurus), Gunsalo (Gonzalo)
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- doctor; ambassador of the King of Castile
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly faded and stained.]The Castilian ambassador requests action regarding attacks on Castilian merchants and their ships by various English ships and their masters, despite agreements between the two countries.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Long endorsement detailing negotiations between the council and the Castilian embassy.]Order to summon Dartmouth and others to explain their actions.Before the council 4 July 4 [Henry IV]: Chancellor; Treasurer; Bishop of Rochester; Keeper of the Privy Seal; H. Waterton; J. Cheyne; A. Savage.
- Places mentioned
- Castile, [Spain]
- Spain
- Flanders
- Dartmouth, [Devon]
- Poole, [Dorset]
- Kingswear, [Devon]
- London
- Chichester, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- [Henry III], King of Castile
- [Robert] Bulte (Bolt) of Dartmouth, ship's master
- Henry Bartelot
- Henry Pay of Poole
- William Norman of Kingswear
- John Lancaster
- John Prynce of Chichester
- Bishop of Rochester
- [Hugh] Waterton
- [John] Cheyne
- [Arnold] Savage.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same ambassador, see SC 8/181/9011
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1409, (Public Record Office, 1931), pp.108, 203, 303 (orders relating to complaints by Moro on these or similar matters)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294799/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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