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William Vandenholde and Bartholomew Bourton, merchants of Bruges. Vandenholde; Bourton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/194/9699
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This record is about the William Vandenholde and Bartholomew Bourton, merchants of Bruges. Vandenholde; Bourton... dating from [1421] 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 8/194/9699
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a draft of the commissions issued in response to this petition, see SC 8/194/9700
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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 V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.418 (commissions to inquire into this)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295586/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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