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Adam de la Vakerie, master of a small ship called the ship of Our Lady of Abbeville;2)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/245/12206

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Reference
SC 8/245/12206
Date
[1325]
Description
Petitioners
Adam de la Vakerie, master of a small ship called the ship of Our Lady of Abbeville;2) Robert Brant, master of the ship called the Sanney of St Valery.
Name(s)
Vakerie; Brant, Adam; Robert
Addressees
King.
Occupation
master of a small ship called the ship of Our Lady of Abbeville; master of the ship called the Sanney of St Valery
Nature of request
[Petition in 2 parts:]1) Vakerie requests a writ to the sheriff of Norfolk to deliver his vessel with his goods and chattels which were arrested by Goseford and are still detained because of the debate between the king and king of France.2) Brant makes a similar request.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Abbeville, [Ponthieu, France]
Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
St Valery sur Somme, [Ponthieu, France].
People mentioned
William de Goseford, then bailiff of Great Yarmouth.
Related material

For the privy seal warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 7173 in C 81/129

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.566 (mandate to examine the petition and advise the king)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439811/

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