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William Clerk the younger of Dartmouth, owner of the 'Gracedieux' of Dartmouth, and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10849
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/217/10849
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Clerk the younger of Dartmouth, owner of the 'Gracedieux' of Dartmouth, and William Lambyn, ship's master.
- Name(s)
- Clerk; Lambyn, William; William
- Addressees
- Chancellor and Council.
- Occupation
- ship's master
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that when their ship arrived in Ireland from Spain and Flanders, it was attacked by men of Stradbally. The sailors resisted and captured the attackers, ransoming them for £400, but they were then attacked again at Galway by Merson and others, and the £400 was stolen, together with other goods worth £80. They therefore request that a commission be granted to Thye and others to enquire into this matter and make restitution.
- Nature of endorsement
- Issue a commission under the great seal to Thye, sovereign of Galway, Lynche, Rederys and William, captains of the town, to enquire into this matter, and if it is found that the claims are true, and these things occurred within the county of Connacht, then let the commissioners order restitution to the petitioners of their goods.By the Council, by the Chancellor, Treasurer, the Bishop of Hereford, Keeper of the Privy Seal, J Scarle, J Prophet, John Cheyne, William Esturmy.
- Places mentioned
- Dartmouth, [Devon]
- Flanders
- Spain
- Ireland
- Stredewille (Stradbally), [County Galway, Ireland]
- Galway, [County Galway, Ireland]
- Waterford, [County Waterford, Ireland]
- Kinsale, [County Cork, Ireland].
- People mentioned
- [Edmund Stafford], Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor
- William Merson
- Nicholas Kent
- Thomas atte Terne
- John Ruelle of Waterford
- Thomas Dene
- Adam Redhet
- John Webbe
- James Gosse
- John Hemyngton
- William Pole
- James Lanfell of Kinsale
- Edmund Merson
- William atte Thye
- Thomas Lynche
- John Rederis
- John William
- [Henry Bowet], Treasurer
- [John Trefnant], Bishop of Hereford
- [Thomas Langley], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- John Scarle
- John Prophet
- John Cheyne
- William Esturmy.
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.134 (requested commission)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.70 (calendar of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334406/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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