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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Lyghtfot (Lightfoot) of London and Simon Martyn (Martin) of Southampton, merchants....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14784
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This record is about the John Lyghtfot (Lightfoot) of London and Simon Martyn (Martin) of Southampton, merchants.... dating from [? 1376] 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 8/296/14784
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Lyghtfot (Lightfoot) of London and Simon Martyn (Martin) of Southampton, merchants.
- Name(s)
- Lyghtfot (Lightfoot); Martyn (Martin), John; Simon
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- merchants
- Nature of request
- John Lyghtfot and Simon Martyn state that, like other English merchants, they sent a ship to Harfleur to trade, believing that there was a truce between England and France, but their ship was arrested and their servants imprisoned, as happened to all the ships of English merchants there. They request letters patent to the Mayors of London and Southampton to make arrests on ships belonging to French merchants to the value of their losses.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None: but the number xxxii is written at the foot of the dorse.]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Harfleur, [Normandy], France.
- People mentioned
- Peter de Molyns.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to 1376 with reference to C 49/43/10, a list of petitions apparently from this year. That document is too illegible to confirm this, but the hand and the content seem appropriate to this date however.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a list of petitions which may be related see C 49/43/10
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517985/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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