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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Stokes, proctor and attorney of Stephen de Boys. de Stokes William King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12982
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This record is about the William de Stokes, proctor and attorney of Stephen de Boys. de Stokes William King... dating from [1307-? 1309] 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 8/260/12982
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307-? 1309]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Stokes, proctor and attorney of Stephen de Boys.
- Name(s)
- de Stokes, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- proctor and attorney of Stephen de Boys
- Nature of request
- William de Stokes, proctor and attorney of Stephen de Boys, son and heir of John de Boys, formerly citizen and draper of London, and executor of John's testament, states that the King's father has already written to the burgomeisters, echevins and council of Bruges, asking them to give satisfaction to Stephen for 20 sacks of wool stolen from John in the port of Sluis by Baugelin de Ardeburgh, for which crime Baugelin was convicted and imprisoned until he had made satisfaction to John, as the Bailiffs and Echevins of Bruges had bound themselves to pay John a certain sum if they allowed Baugelin to go free before he had made satisfaction, and they have done so. William requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have letters of sicut alias in Chancery to be sent to the burgomeisters etc., reciting the process held on this.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Bruges, [Belgium]
- Sluis, [Netherlands].
- People mentioned
- Stephen de Boys, son and heir of John de Boys
- John de Boys, citizen and draper of London
- [Edward I], King of England
- burgomeisters, echevins and council of Bruges
- Baugelin de Ardeburgh.
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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.148 (letters to the Count of Flanders in another case concerning Baugelin de Ardeburgh)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516926/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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