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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from [the burgesses of] Southampton, stating...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11828

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from [the burgesses of] Southampton, stating... dating from 1328 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/237/11828
Date
1328
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Edward III from [the burgesses of] Southampton, stating that their fellow-burgess, Thomas de Bynedon, had loaded a ship with corn and other victuals for Bordeaux, and that when he was returning, on the Friday after Mid Lent in the King's father's eighteenth year (1325), armed men of the power of the Duke of Brittany in three ships stole the ship and the merchandise in it. Although the King's father wrote to the Duke asking him to give Thomas restitution of his goods and damages, and to do justice to him, nothing has been done. They ask the King to provide a suitable remedy.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Brittany, [France].
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England
[burgesses of] Southampton
Thomas de Bynedon, merchant and burgess of Southampton
[Edward II], King of England
[John III de Bretagne], Duke of Brittany
John de Stone, attorney of Thomas de Bynedon.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335388/

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