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Simon le Longe (Long) of Wainfleet and Walter Skynnere (Skinner), merchants. Longe...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14782

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This record is about the Simon le Longe (Long) of Wainfleet and Walter Skynnere (Skinner), merchants. Longe... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1360] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/296/14782
Date
[? c. 1320-? c. 1360]
Description
Petitioners
Simon le Longe (Long) of Wainfleet and Walter Skynnere (Skinner), merchants.
Name(s)
Longe (Long); Skynnere (Skinner), Simon; Walter
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
merchants
Nature of request
Simon le Longe and Walter Skynnere state that they had charged two ships with wools at Boston, and paid the cocket and other customs, and had left the harbour when a clerk came and attached the ships, which remain there to the great harm and impoverishment of the merchants. They request a writ to release the ships and wool so that they can go on their way.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Wainfleet, [Lincolnshire]
Seint Botolf (Boston), [Lincolnshire].
Note
Tentatively dated according to the hand and the language.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517983/

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