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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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This record is about the John de Lere of Portugal. de Lere John Council. The petitioner states that he came... dating from [c. 1404] 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 8/217/10810
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1404]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a near-duplicate of this petition see SC 8/217/10816
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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, Hen IV, vol. II, 1402-1405, (Public Record Office, 1929), p.236 (order to the constable of Dover to restore these goods)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334367/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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