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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
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Martin Descue of Bayonne. Descue Martin King. Martin Descue requests action in securing...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9274
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This record is about the Martin Descue of Bayonne. Descue Martin King. Martin Descue requests action in securing... dating from [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 8/186/9274
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1450]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Martin Descue of Bayonne.
- Name(s)
- Descue, Martin
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Martin Descue requests action in securing the restoration or compensation for wine stolen from him at sea by the people of Fowey. He has pursued the case for four years, and there has been no action on earlier orders.
- Nature of endorsement
- If it please the king to command the chancellor to send for the parties and do right to the supplicant.
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- Fowey, [Cornwall].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A commission issued on 1 May 1450 seems to relate to the same series of events, but the precise relationship between the petition and that commission is unclear.
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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 Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. V, 1446-1452, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.380-1 (related commission)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295152/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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