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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh Sampson, burgess and merchant of Southampton. Sampson Hugh King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/261/13002
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This record is about the Hugh Sampson, burgess and merchant of Southampton. Sampson Hugh King and council.... dating from [1329] 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 8/261/13002
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh Sampson, burgess and merchant of Southampton.
- Name(s)
- Sampson, Hugh
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant of Southampton
- Nature of request
- Hugh Sampson states that he loaded a ship of Bayonne at Libourne with wines for Het Zwin in Flanders, and that, when the ship arrived there Peter Aymet and other men of Normandy wrongly claimed it as theirs and had it arrested. A lawsuit was begun between Hugh and Peter on this, and proceeded until the ship was judicially delivered to Hugh under the law merchant by judgment of the court; but the matter has now been brought back into dispute, and Hugh cannot have delivery of his ship. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.The King is not yet advised to grant arrest.
- Places mentioned
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- Libourne, Gascony, [France]
- Het Zwin, [Netherlands]
- Flanders
- Normandy, [France].
- People mentioned
- Raymond (Ramon) Spiap, ship's master
- Peter (Pierre) Aymet.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1327-30 p.545 is dated 10 April 1329, and would seem to be in response to this petition.
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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 III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.545 (letter to the Count of Flanders ordering him to have the ship delivered to Hugh)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516946/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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