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William Strete, King's butler. Strete William Chancellor. King's butler Request to...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/297/14830

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This record is about the William Strete, King's butler. Strete William Chancellor. King's butler Request to... dating from [1370] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/297/14830
Date
[1370]
Description
Petitioners
William Strete, King's butler.
Name(s)
Strete, William
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
King's butler
Nature of request
Request to the Chancellor for letters patent for Thomas Clare and Roger Poule, whose ships arrived in Bristol in the King's forty-fourth year, certifying that they have each paid two tuns of wine for the prise, and ordering that they are not to be molested on this account.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Your [servant], [William] Strete.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Bristol.
People mentioned
Thomas Clare, ship's master of Bristol
Roger Poule, ship's master of Bristol.
Note
CPR 1370-4 p.9 is dated 26 October 1370 and is clearly in response to this petition, as is confirmed by the mention of 44 Edward III (25 January 1370-24 January 1371).
Related material

For a duplicate (with very minor differences) of this petition, see SC 8/297/14828

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, Edw III, vol. XV, 1370-1374, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.9 (notification that these men have paid 2 tuns of wine for the prise)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518031/

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