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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alfonso Piers, merchant of Portugal; Gounsal Piers, merchant of Portugal. Piers;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/205/10222
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/205/10222
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alfonso Piers, merchant of Portugal; Gounsal Piers, merchant of Portugal.
- Name(s)
- Piers; Piers, Alfonso; Gounsal
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Complaint of the theft of goods of the petitioners stolen from their ship by men of Cornwall, and request for the appointment of Lercedekne, Chambernoun and Wethergrove to inquiry into the matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- Note for the appointment of a commission of inquiry.
- Places mentioned
- Portugal
- Lisbon, [Portugal]
- Cornwall
- Truro, [Cornwall]
- Penryn, Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- Geoffrey Mushole, burgess of Truro
- Jack Caupenes, burgess of Truro
- John Plum, burgess of Truro
- Henry de Martoisi
- Thomas Lercedekne
- Henry Chambernoun
- Nicholas de Wethergrove.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1317-21, pp. 604-5.
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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, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.604-5 (resulting commission of inquiry)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333777/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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