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? No Petitioner named Letter of the mayor and barons requesting that letters are...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/233/11625

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter of the mayor and barons requesting that letters are... dating from [1319] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/233/11625
Date
[1319]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter of the mayor and barons requesting that letters are sent to the count of Flanders requesting delivery of a ship belonging to Alard which was seized at Sluis on suspicion of attacking a ship of Flanders off of Brittany, though its master and crew were not culpable.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Winchelsea, [Sussex]
Waterford, [County Waterford, Ireland]
Sluis, [Netherlands]
Flanders
Brittany, [France].
People mentioned
Mayor and barons of the port of Winchelsea
[Edward II], King of England
Bartholomew Robert, fellow baron [of the Cinque Ports]
Stephen Alard, fellow baron [of the Cinque Ports]
Count of Flanders.
Note
The letter is dated to 1319 in accordance with SC 8/233/11626 which appears to be nearly contemporary.
Related material

For another letter from the same petitioners, see SC 8/192/9557

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335184/

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