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John Belle (Bell) of Scotland. Belle (Bell) John Council. John Belle requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10867
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/218/10867
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1397]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Belle (Bell) of Scotland.
- Name(s)
- Belle (Bell), John
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- John Belle requests that the king order the officials of Hull to release a ship of Flanders taken at sea contrary to the recent truce, along with all the goods and mariners on board.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 4 December in the twenty-first year, it was agreed by the council to issue writs regarding the return of such goods if the claims are true, and that they find sufficient surety to make restitution at the next march day on the Scottish march to hear the complaint. And if they do not make such restoration they should appear before the council on the morrow of Hilary next to explain. By the Chancellor, the Bishop of St Davids, the Treasurer, Keeper of the Privy Seal, the Clerk of the Rolls, Ralph Selby and Laurence Dun.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Flanders
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John Caysfote of Flanders
- John Ingeson, ship's master
- Robert de Snaynton (Snainton)
- John Tutbury of Hull
- mayor, bailiffs and customers of Hull
- John Donaldson
- John Belle
- John Williamson
- John Scot
- John Michelson
- William Bride
- William Conyng
- Thomas Oliver
- Andrew Conan
- Thomas Clerk
- David Litstar
- [Edmund Stafford], Chancellor
- [Guy Mone], Bishop of St David's
- [Roger Walden], Treasurer
- [Richard Clifford], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- Clerk of the Rolls
- Ralph Selby
- Laurence Dun.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated 4 December, while the close roll enrolment clearly identifies this as 1397.
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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), p.165 (resultant order)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334425/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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