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Not specified Chancellor. The petition requests a commission to Geoffrey Sterlyng...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/299/14911

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This record is about the Not specified Chancellor. The petition requests a commission to Geoffrey Sterlyng... dating from [? c. 1376] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/299/14911
Date
[? c. 1376]
Description
Petitioners
Not specified
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
The petition requests a commission to Geoffrey Sterlyng to take 50 mariners in the counties of Suffolk and Essex for his ship, and 30 men at arms and 30 archers for the same ship.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] To the King's Chancellor, by Adam de Hertyngdon.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Suffolk
Essex.
People mentioned
Adam de Hertyngdon (Hartington)
Geoffrey Sterlyng.
Note
Tentatively dated to c. 1376, with reference to Adam de Hertyngdon, mentioned in SC 8/297/14841, SC 8/298/14856, SC 8/298/14860, SC 8/298/14893, and SC 8/299/14910, which date from around this time.
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/C9518114/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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