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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Soldiers of Cherbourg. King and council. The soldiers of Cherbourg request that whereas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10629
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This record is about the Soldiers of Cherbourg. King and council. The soldiers of Cherbourg request that whereas... dating from [1387] 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 8/213/10629
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1387]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Soldiers of Cherbourg.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The soldiers of Cherbourg request that whereas they are in arrears of their wages from the time when Windsor and Auston were governor and lieutenant, and have been ruined and some of them imprisoned, that they should be paid and Auston ordered to come before the council and explain the matter, and that the soldiers should have an answer under Auston's seal.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It should be sent to the Chancery, the relevant people called there, and justice done.2) Stikeneye, Meisy, Lopham and Exeter and any other former soldiers of Cherbourg appoint Hartlepool as their attorney in the case against Auston which is before the King in his Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Cherbourg, [Normandy, France].
- People mentioned
- William de Wyndesore (Windsor), governor of Cherbourg
- John Auston, lieutenant of Cherbourg
- John Stikeneye, soldier of Cherbourg
- John Meisy, soldier of Cherbourg
- John Lopham, soldier of Cherbourg
- Robert Excestr' (Exeter), soldier of Cherbourg
- John de Hertilpole (Hartlepool), clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1387, with reference to Richard II's writ to Auston, dated 8 July 1387 (SC 8/213/10630) on this same subject.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/213/10628
For a related writ see SC 8/213/10630
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334186/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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