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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger de Melton, merchant. de Melton Roger King. merchant Melton requests letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12003
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/241/12003
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger de Melton, merchant.
- Name(s)
- de Melton, Roger
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Melton requests letters to the Duke of Brittany that he is able to have recovery of his goods and chattels in a boat that he and other merchants had charged with wine and which was taken off of the Isle of Baspale and detained, and he requests that he can go there safely without trouble.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Isle de Baspale [unidentified], [Brittany, France].
- People mentioned
- [John III], Duke of Brittany.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1317 as the privy seal warrant in response to the petition dates to 26 February 1317 (CCW 1244-1326, p.464).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant in which this petition was enclosed, see no.4051A in C 81/98
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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)
- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.464 (mandate to do remedy)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439606/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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