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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Amourous (Amerous), merchant of Castro-Urdiales in Spain. Amourous (Amerous)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12301
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This record is about the John Amourous (Amerous), merchant of Castro-Urdiales in Spain. Amourous (Amerous)... dating from [1355] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/247/12301
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1355]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Amourous (Amerous), merchant of Castro-Urdiales in Spain.
- Name(s)
- Amourous (Amerous), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant of Castro-Urdiales in Spain
- Nature of request
- Amorous requests grace for the ship with his cargo and money that was taken by two barges of malefactors of England between Rouerville and La Roche against the truce made between the king and king of Castile.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Viscaye (Biscay, Vizcaya), [Spain]
- Castro-Urdiales, Spain
- Rouerville [unidentified]
- La Roche (La Roche-Bernard), Brittany, [France]
- Coutances, [Normandy, France]
- St Malo, [Brittany, France].
- People mentioned
- King of Castile
- John Balon, ship's master
- John Doria.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1355 on the basis of the secret seal warrant that seems to date to this year (C 81/1334/25).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no. 25 in C 81/1334
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439907/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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