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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
William Fouaschin; John Fysshew (Fishou). Fouaschin; Fysshew (Fishou) William; John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/181/9022
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This record is about the William Fouaschin; John Fysshew (Fishou). Fouaschin; Fysshew (Fishou) William; John... dating from [c. 1400-c. 1450] 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 8/181/9022
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1400-c. 1450]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Fouaschin; John Fysshew (Fishou).
- Name(s)
- Fouaschin; Fysshew (Fishou), William; John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request letters ordering the restoration of their goods, seized by the searcher of Dartmouth. They state that they paid the customs in Plymouth for their goods, receiving a cocket, but were then forced by bad weather to seek shelter in Dartmouth. The searcher there arrested their ship, since their goods included Cornish cloth which was not on their cocket, even though no custom was ever due on that cloth.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Plymouth, [Devon]
- Dartmouth, [Devon]
- Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- Wyche (Wych), searcher at Dartmouth.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively to the first half of the fifteenth century, based on the handwriting and the English text. A Nicholas Fouaschin was bailiff of Guernsey, 1481-3. The searcher mentioned may be John Wych, searcher in Plymouth and Fowey between 9 November 1433 and 16 November 1440 (E 122/184/6; CFR 1430-7 pp.172 and 241; CFR 1437-45 p.174).
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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)
- English
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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/C9294899/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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