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Simkin (Simon) Baron. Baron Simkin (Simon) King The petitioner [the name is lost...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/266/13254

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This record is about the Simkin (Simon) Baron. Baron Simkin (Simon) King The petitioner [the name is lost... dating from [1443] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/266/13254
Date
[1443]
Description
Petitioners
Simkin (Simon) Baron.
Name(s)
Baron, Simkin (Simon)
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The petitioner [the name is lost but is presumably Baron] requests letters enabling him to take ships, sailors and labourers to take timber and other building materials to Calais for the king.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] The king has granted this bill at Westminster on 6 July in the 22nd year of his reign. W Crosby.[on dorse] To our Chancellor of England.
Places mentioned
Calais, [France].
People mentioned
[William] Crosby.
Note
Dated in the endorsement to 6 July 1443, and the requested letters to Baron were enrolled on 10 July.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. IV, 1441-1446, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.203 (requested letters)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517201/

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