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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh Williamsone (Williamson, Williemsz), master of the ship called the Meyavyn of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/229/11450
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This record is about the Hugh Williamsone (Williamson, Williemsz), master of the ship called the Meyavyn of... dating from [? c. 1403] 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 8/229/11450
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1403]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh Williamsone (Williamson, Williemsz), master of the ship called the Meyavyn of Zierikzee in Zeeland.
- Name(s)
- Williamsone (Williamson, Williemsz), Hugh
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- master of the ship called the Meyavyn of Zierikzee in Zeeland
- Nature of request
- Williamsone requests that letters be granted directed to his officers and ministers in Dover to order Plebel and others to deliver his ship and merchandises which he was shipping from Zeeland to Southampton, and which they seized off Sandwich and took to Dover.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Zelese (Zierikzee), Zeeland, [Netherlands]
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- Dover, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- William Plebel
- Thomas Taverner
- Henry Holand (Holland)
- Thomas Bledylaw
- Stephen Henne of Dover
- Duke of Albret.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? c. 1403 in accordance with the dating given in the guard note. The hand of the petition is consistent with a petition of this date, and many of the petitions in this file date to about this date.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by a different ship's master complaining of the seizure of his ship by the same individuals, see SC 8/230/11456
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 528.
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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)
- Bronnen Tot de Geschiedenis van den Handel met Engelond, Schotland en Ierland, vol. I, ed. H.J. Smit, (Chetham Society, Vol. X, 1928), pp.488-9 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335009/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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