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Robert de Bourgherssche (Burghersh). de Bourgherssche (Burghersh) Robert Chancellor...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/202/10090

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SC 8/202/10090
Date
[1302-1303]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Bourgherssche (Burghersh).
Name(s)
de Bourgherssche (Burghersh), Robert
Addressees
Chancellor and council.
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged.]Robert de Bourgherssche states that when William Servat, merchant of London, loaded a ship at Dieppe for London, it was robbed at sea by a cog from Hoek in Flanders, which took the stolen goods to Winchelsea. At William's complaint the ship was arrested there until justice could be done, and the master and two of his companions came ashore to explain their actions: but in the meantime the other sailors set out for Flanders with the cog, the stolen goods, and the ten-year-old nephew of William's wife. The master and two sailors appeared before Robert de Bourgherssche, and at first claimed that the goods belonged to merchants from Montpellier, their enemies, and then, when this was shown to be false, asked to go to Flanders to have them brought back. Robert asks the Chancellor and council for orders on this matter.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
Dieppe, [France]
Hoo, [Kent]
Winchelsea, [Sussex]
Dungeness, [Kent]
Flanders
La Hok (Hoek), [Netherlands]
Munpilor (Montpellier), [Languedoc, France].
People mentioned
William Servat, merchant of London.
Note
CCR 1302-7 p.3 is dated 7 January 1302, and the Flemish ship is still being held in Winchelsea at this time. CCR 1302-7 p.3 is dated 1 August 1303, and clearly represents the end of this affair. This petition must date from some point between these two dates. The Close Roll calendar identified 'La Hok' as Hoek in the Netherlands.
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 I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.3 (order to Robert de Bourgherssche to inquire into the truth of this matter) & pp.48-49 (letter to the count of Namur, informing him that as the Flemish merchants have satisfied William Servat for the trespasses and damages, they are now acquitted of this matter by the King)
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