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Adam de Burgoine (Burgundy), citizen of London. de Burgoine (Burgundy) Adam King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/206/10257

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Reference
SC 8/206/10257
Date
[? c. 1377]
Description
Petitioners
Adam de Burgoine (Burgundy), citizen of London.
Name(s)
de Burgoine (Burgundy), Adam
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
London
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Gascony, [France]
River Gironde, [France].
Nature of request
Petition for assistance, the petitioner's goods having been taken by the agents of the King of France in connection with a dispute over robberies on the River Gironde.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
The petition cannot be precisely dated; because it refers to events in the reign of the king's grandfather and the hand seems to belong to the later fourteenth century, it is supposed here that the petition was presented early in the reign of Richard II.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/290/14491

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333813/

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