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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Gerard de Albert, merchant; Lombard merchants of Italy. de Albert Gerard Council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/215/10718
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This record is about the Gerard de Albert, merchant; Lombard merchants of Italy. de Albert Gerard Council.... dating from [1398] 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 8/215/10718
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1398]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gerard de Albert, merchant; Lombard merchants of Italy.
- Name(s)
- de Albert, Gerard
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Albert and other Lombard merchants of Italy recount that they had in Vydale's ship oil laden in the port of Gaeta and other merchandises laden in Assabia to go directly to Sluis, but the ship was driven by storm to Bristol and wrecked. The master put the goods into another ship to continue the journey to Flanders, without putting or intending to put any of the merchandises up for sale, yet the customers of Bristol came and demanded custom for the same merchandises, so that the master had to find pledges. The petitioners request that the customers discharge the said pledges and deliver their sureties to them.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 23 February in the 21st year (1398) the council agreed that a writ would be made to the customers of Bristol to discharge the pledges or to attest the case in the Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Italy
- Columnys (Colombres), Spain
- Gaeta, [Italy]
- Naples, [Italy]
- Assabia [unidentified], Spain
- Sluis, [Netherlands]
- Bristol.
- People mentioned
- Dominic Vydale of Columnys.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in the endorsement to 23 February in the 21st year of Richard II (1398).
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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, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1927), pp.252-253 (order to discharge the master and pledges in response to this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334274/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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