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Thomas Vaghan (Vaughan) of Shrewsbury, merchant. Vaghan (Vaughan) Thomas King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/279/13930
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This record is about the Thomas Vaghan (Vaughan) of Shrewsbury, merchant. Vaghan (Vaughan) Thomas King and... dating from [c. 1314] 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 8/279/13930
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Vaghan (Vaughan) of Shrewsbury, merchant.
- Name(s)
- Vaghan (Vaughan), Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Vaghan requests remedy because after loading a ship at London with 20 sarplers of wool on Wednesday after St Lawrence in the seventh year of the King's reign [1314] and crossing overseas with other merchants, who also had their goods and merchandise in the ship, to the port of Gravelines, men of the Count of Flanders came on the Tuesday following their departure from London, attacked their ship, and robbed them of the said 20 sarplers of wool, and so the petitioner sued before the Count, demanding his own wool marked with his marks, and requested restitution, but the count detains the wool to his loss of £350.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should come to Chancery and have a writ in Chancery similar to that used.
- Places mentioned
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire]
- London
- Gravelines, [France]
- Flanders.
- People mentioned
- [Robert III], Count of Flanders.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees to c. 1314.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/42/2069
For a related petition from the petitioner's executor see SC 8/145/7246
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal letters 4134.
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.468-9 (translation of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517878/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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