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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from the Mayor and barons of Winchelsea,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9805
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from the Mayor and barons of Winchelsea,... dating from [c. 1310-c. 1330] 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 8/197/9805
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1310-c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Edward II from the Mayor and barons of Winchelsea, stating that they have heard from those of their people who have gone to trade in Poitou, that the Bretons have prepared 120 ships to attack the English navy, and have already destroyed 11 ships; so that the merchants of Winchelsea are now afraid to venture overseas. They request a swift remedy, and ask the King to command his will by the bearers of these letters.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Winchelsea, [Sussex]
- Poitou, [France].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Mayor and barons of Winchelsea.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This is clearly the first of a series of documents on the same page, and can be tentatively dated to 1310-1330 from the hand. A note on the guard refers toSC 8/192/9557, SC 8/233/11625, SC 8/233/11626, and SC 8/233/11631: these are all letters from the same petitioners, in a similar hand and similar language, and it is possible that it is suggesting that these were all on the same piece of parchment. However, SC 8/192/9557 is dated on the morrow of the translation or St Thomas the martyr, 17 Edward II (8 July 1323), whereas SC 8/233/11626 is dated 20 April, 12 Edward II (1319), so this seems impossible: although these letters do give a rough date for this one.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another letter from the same petitioners, see SC 8/192/9557
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295693/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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