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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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Martin Piers. Piers Martin King and council. Complaint of arrest at Darmouth of shipping...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/211/10504
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This record is about the Martin Piers. Piers Martin King and council. Complaint of arrest at Darmouth of shipping... dating from [1373] 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 8/211/10504
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1373]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Martin Piers.
- Name(s)
- Piers, Martin
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Complaint of arrest at Darmouth of shipping laden with wine and other merchandise intended for St Malo and Flanders; the petitioner is in the service of John of Gaunt.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:] memorandum for the appointment of Bodelsalle and Courtenay to inquire into the matter and note that the writ is enrolled on the dorse [sic] of the close roll of 47 [Edward III].
- Places mentioned
- Dartmouth, [Devon]
- Flanders
- Castile, [Spain]
- Portugal
- St Malo, [Brittany, France]
- Plymouth, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Peter (Pedro) [I], King of Castile
- Henry [II], King of Castile
- John of Gaunt, King of Castile and Duke of Lancaster
- Benedict Bodelsalle
- Philip de Courtenay, admiral.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CCR 1369-74, pp. 488-9.
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIII, 1369-1374, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.488-489 (resulting writ to Bodelsalle and Courtenay)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334061/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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