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William Vandenholde and Bartholomew Bourton, merchants of Bruges. Vandenholde; Bourton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/194/9699

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Reference
SC 8/194/9699
Date
[1421]
Description
Petitioners
William Vandenholde and Bartholomew Bourton, merchants of Bruges.
Name(s)
Vandenholde; Bourton, William; Bartholomew
Addressees
[Not specified]
Occupation
merchants of Bruges
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged.]William Vandenholde and Bartholomew [Bourton, merchants of Bruges], complain about the theft of their ship and merchandise by William Bentle of Plymouth and others, contrary to the peace between England and Flanders. They ask that he malefactors might be summoned before the King and examined on this, and that they might be restored to their goods.
Nature of endorsement
A commission is to be issued to inquire into the truth of the contents of this petition to the people named below, namely, Wales: John Merbury, William Butiller (Butler); Gloucestershire: John Berkeley, knight, Thomas Mylle, Robert Poynes; [Somerset]: Hugh Lutterell, knight, Thomas Stowell, knight, [John] Warre, esquire, [William] Poulet, esquire; [Devon: William] Frye.
Places mentioned
[Bruges, Belgium]
Plymouth, [Devon]
Flanders
Wales
Gloucestershire
[Somerset].
People mentioned
William Bentle of Plymouth
John Merbury
William Butiller (Butler)
John Berkeley, knight
Thomas Mylle
Robert Poynes
Hugh Lutterell, knight
Thomas Stowell, knight
[John] Warre, esquire
[William] Poulet, esquire
[William] Frye.
Note
CPR 1416-22 p.418 is dated 17 October 1421, and would seem to be in response to this petition.
Related material

For a draft of the commissions issued in response to this petition, see SC 8/194/9700

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.418 (commissions to inquire into this)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295586/

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