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William Bonnet of Harfleur, merchant. Bonnet William King. merchant Bonnet requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12474
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/250/12474
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1411-1412]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Bonnet of Harfleur, merchant.
- Name(s)
- Bonnet, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Bonnet requests that whereas on 13 February last the King granted letters patent of safe-conduct for one year to the petitioner, Guylas, Anglois and Anglois to trade in England with a vessel called 'le Seint Jaques', and when he and Guylas were on their way to England on the ship, which was laden with sweet wine, figs, raisins, oil, salt and other things to the value of £600, men on a ship of Dartmouth arrayed for war captured their ship with its merchandises and imprisoned the men on board for a long time, that a commission be directed to Edward, elder son of the Earl of Devon, Cary, Cole, Hauley, Arnold and Mounfort ordering that they, or five, four, three or two of them, enquire into this matter and grant restitution to him, the ship's master and the men on board, with damages and expenses, and that those responsible be arrested and brought before the King and council to be punished.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Harfleur, Normandy, [France]
- Dartmouth, [Devon]
- Nytheway (Nethway), [Devon].
- People mentioned
- William Guylas of Harfleur, merchant, ship's master
- Colin Anglois of Harfleur, merchant
- Jacquelin Anglois of Harfleur, merchant, brother of Colin Anglois
- Henry Muryman, ship's master
- Gervais Jakeman, part-owner of ship
- Richard London, part-owner of ship
- John Moulyssh, part-owner of ship
- William Edmund, part-owner of ship
- William Conseill, part-owner of ship
- John Bere, part-owner of ship
- Edward [de Courtenay], elder son of the Earl of Devon
- [Edward de Courtenay], Earl of Devon
- Robert Cary
- John Cole of Nethway
- John Hauley, mayor of Dartmouth
- Edmund Arnold
- John Mounfort.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1411-1412, since this is the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/653 no.7099).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery writ in which this was formerly enclosed see no.7099 of C 81/653
For a related petition see SC 8/254/12693
For a related draft of letters of safe conduct see SC 8/254/12694
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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/C9440080/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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