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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Brook, merchant of Danzig. de Brook John King. merchant of Danzig Brook requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13523
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/271/13523
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1411]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Brook, merchant of Danzig.
- Name(s)
- de Brook, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant of Danzig
- Nature of request
- Brook requests that sufficient letters patent of commission are granted to the sheriff of York and Harrington to make . . . goods, chattels, lands and tenements so that the petitioner can be paid the sum agreed between the king and Juningen for the damages done to Durdewant, and that the commissioners have the power to send any who attempt to bar the commissioners by alienation of these goods and lands before the king. The subjects of Scarborough have attempted to defraud the king by making alienations to prevent the payment of the agreed sum.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]1) The king has granted this.2) R., Lord Grey.
- Places mentioned
- Danzig (Gdansk), [Poland]
- Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- London.
- People mentioned
- Ulric de Juningen, Master of Prussia (Master General of the Hospital of St Mary of the Teutons of Jerusalem)
- John Durdewant of Danzig
- Sheriff of York
- Thomas Haryngton (Harrington)
- R., Lord Grey.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1411 as a commission was issued in accordance with the petition's request on 10 June 1411 (CPR 1408-13, p.319).
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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 Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. IV, 1408-1413, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.62 (commission for the levying of the sum and arrest of many named individuals) & p.319 (commission to the sheriff of York and Harrington in accordance with the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517470/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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