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Robert Noldyn of Sandwich. Noldyn Robert King and council. Robert Noldyn of Sandwich...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10015

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This record is about the Robert Noldyn of Sandwich. Noldyn Robert King and council. Robert Noldyn of Sandwich... dating from [c. 1321] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/201/10015
Date
[c. 1321]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Noldyn of Sandwich.
Name(s)
Noldyn, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Robert Noldyn of Sandwich states that in time of peace between England and Flanders he sent John Noldyn his servant (valet) to Bruges with fifteen sacks of wool, to trade, and the Burgomaster and echevins of Bruges wrongly imprisoned him and seized the wool by force, on the Monday after the feast of St Dennis in the twelfth year of the present king's reign. Robert has since sued to the Burgomaster and echevins to have delivery of his wool, but has received neither delivery nor compensation. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Sandwich, [Kent]
Flanders
Bruges, [Belgium].
People mentioned
John Noldyn, servant (valet) of Robert Noldyn
the Burgomaster and echevins of Bruges.
Note
CCR 1318-23 pp.396-397 is dated 24 August 1321. It is clearly the final result of this petition, but as it mentions requests for justice to the Count of Flanders not mentioned here, it may not follow immediately.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.396-397 (order to arrest goods of the men and merchants of the Count of Flanders to compensate the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333571/

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