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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard de Porte, John le Foure and other merchants of Guernsey. de Porte; Foure...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11935
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/239/11935
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1343]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Porte, John le Foure and other merchants of Guernsey.
- Name(s)
- de Porte; Foure, Richard; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchants of Guernsey
- Nature of request
- Richard de Porte, John le Foure and other merchants of Guernsey state that when they were coming with their ship from Bordeaux they were attacked and robbed at sea by Spaniards and people from St Malo and Olonne-sur-Mer, the King's enemies, in despite of the truce. They request a remedy, and a writ.[A final sentence, seemingly added to the request, was either deleted or has simply become too faded to read.]
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- St Malo, [Normandy, France]
- Spain
- Olonne-sur-Mer, [Poitou, France].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Hampton, knight, Keeper of the Channel Islands.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no.15503 of C 81/291, which is dated 3 June 17 Edward III (1343).CCR 1343-6 p.116 is dated 1 June 1343, and p.159 is dated 8 August 1343.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Chancellor to take action on this, see no.15503 of C 81/291
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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)
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- Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), pp.72-73(calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.116 (request to the Bishop of St Malo to do justice to the petitioners) & p.159 (order to the Keeper of the Channnel Islands arrest the goods of men of the lordship of the Bishop of St Malo)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335499/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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