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Mayors, Bailiffs and barons of the Cinque Ports. King. The Mayors, Bailiffs and barons...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/193/9607

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This record is about the Mayors, Bailiffs and barons of the Cinque Ports. King. The Mayors, Bailiffs and barons... dating from [1316] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/193/9607
Date
[1316]
Description
Petitioners
Mayors, Bailiffs and barons of the Cinque Ports.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The Mayors, Bailiffs and barons of the Cinque Ports complain of Flemish ships harassing and attacking English ships coming from Gascony and elsewhere with victuals and merchandise for England, as their fellow-barons, bearers of this letter, will show at greater length. They ask that they may be heard and believed, and that a remedy might be provided.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Cinque Ports
Flanders
Gascony, [France].
Note
Formerly enclosed with no. 191 of SC 1/45, which is dated 20 March, 9 Edward II (1316).
Related material

For a mandate to the council to read these letters and listen to what the bearers will say, and to provide a good and swift remedy, informing the King, see no. 191 of SC 1/45

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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/C9295492/

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