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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Arnold de Brocas, attorney of John de Balay. de Brocas Arnold King and council. attorney...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12858
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This record is about the Arnold de Brocas, attorney of John de Balay. de Brocas Arnold King and council. attorney... dating from [? c. 1310] 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 8/258/12858
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1310]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Arnold de Brocas, attorney of John de Balay.
- Name(s)
- de Brocas, Arnold
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- attorney of John de Balay
- Nature of request
- Arnold de Brocas, attorney of John de Balay, states that John is owed a certain sum of money by the Count and community of Flanders, and that, after lengthy negotiations, including the award of an arrest, this money has still not been paid. He asks for an ordinance so that he might have payment of the debt and of his damages.
- Nature of endorsement
- A letter is to be written to the Count of Flanders and to the other counsellors and others as before, reciting the answer given by them on this matter, and further charging them by due means.
- Places mentioned
- Bruges, [Belgium]
- Flanders
- London.
- People mentioned
- John de Balay
- Count of Flanders
- Echevins of Bruges.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1307-13 p.330 is dated 7 August 1310, and gives a rough context for this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of SC 8/36/1787, differently endorsed, see SC 8/290/14457
For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/162/8055
For a related petition see SC 8/36/1779
For a petition from the same petitioner in a different case see SC 8/36/1787
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.330 (letter to the Count of Flanders asking him to satisfy John de Balay for the loss of his ship)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440470/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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