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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Martyns (Martinez) of Bilbao. Martyns (Martinez) John King. Martyns requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/231/11533
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This record is about the John Martyns (Martinez) of Bilbao. Martyns (Martinez) John King. Martyns requests... dating from [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 8/231/11533
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1403]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Martyns (Martinez) of Bilbao.
- Name(s)
- Martyns (Martinez), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Martyns requests that he be granted letters to the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich and his people commanding them to make delivery of his barge called the Seint Nicholas de Bilbao and the freight, goods and equipment.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bilbao, [Spain]
- Castile, [Spain]
- Hythe, [Kent]
- Colchester, [Essex]
- Calais, [France]
- Sandwich, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- William Leighe
- William Canon
- William Cundy
- John Stace of Hythe
- John Couper, master of a ship of Colchester
- William Fratyn of Calais.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1403 as an order was made to the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich to deliver the barge on 3 April 1403 (CCR 1402-5, p.56).
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1402-1405, (Public Record Office, 1929), p.56 (order to the mayor and bailiffs to deliver the barge and the petitioners goods)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335092/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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