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Henry de Horeforde (Orford), burgess of Ipswich. de Horeforde (Orford) Henry King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12028

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Reference
SC 8/241/12028
Date
[1310-1311]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Horeforde (Orford), burgess of Ipswich.
Name(s)
de Horeforde (Orford), Henry
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Horeforde requests that the king command his seneschal of Gascony that he is to go to distraint again so that Horforde is able to have recovery of his chattels which he has lost, the late duke of Brittany having seized them, and he being unable to have recovery from the present duke, and the duke's brother having delivered goods seized in Gascony.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the keeper of . . . of the council that he do what reason demands.
Places mentioned
Brittany, [France].
People mentioned
[John de Bretagne], Duke of Brittany
Guy Ferre, seneschal of Gascony
John de Hastingg (Hastings), seneschal of Gascony
[John de Bretagne], Duke of Brittany.
Note
The petition is dated to 1310-1311 on the basis of the printed date on the guard (4 Edw. II).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/132/6564

For another petition from the same petitioner see no. 4860 in C 81/106

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/C9439631/

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