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John de Lere of Portugal. de Lere John Council. The petitioner states that he came...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10810

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Reference
SC 8/217/10810
Date
[c. 1404]
Description
Petitioners
John de Lere of Portugal.
Name(s)
de Lere, John
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
The petitioner states that he came to Sandwich aboard a ship from Bristol loaded with wine, when he was arrested by Broun on account of debts owed by the master of Saint James in Portugal and Fragose. He went to London to sue for its return, but was then arrested on a suit brought by Broun and put in prison. During this time his goods were seized from the house of Stille, and he requests that the council order the Captain of Dover to restore these to him.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Portugal
Sandwich, [Kent]
Bristol
London
Dover, [Kent].
People mentioned
John Broun (Brown)
Master of Seint Jakes (Saint James, Santiago)
Laurence John Fragose (Fogase)
John Stille of Sandwich, deceased
John Fairhode of Sandwich, husband of the widow of John Stille
Captain of Dover.
Note
An order in the terms requested was issued on 23 February 1404. However, the name of the second debtor is given in that order as Fogase, rather than Fragose as noted here. The otherwise duplicate petition at SC 8/217/10816 names that man as Fogase, and thus is presumably the petition to which that order was the direct result. Thus the present petition was presumably presented at or around the same time, but was superseded by the duplicate with the correct spelling.
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For a near-duplicate of this petition see SC 8/217/10816

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1402-1405, (Public Record Office, 1929), p.236 (order to the constable of Dover to restore these goods)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334367/

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