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Not specified Chancellor. It is requested that a writ might be directed to the admiral...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14997

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This record is about the Not specified Chancellor. It is requested that a writ might be directed to the admiral... dating from [1383] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/300/14997
Date
[1383]
Description
Petitioners
Not specified
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
It is requested that a writ might be directed to the admiral and Hoore to deliver a ship and barge of Calveley and his mariners so that they can quickly return to Jersey on Calveley's business.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Jersey, [Channel Islands].
People mentioned
Admiral of Southampton
Thomas Hoore, sergeant-at-arms of the king
Hugh de Calveley.
Note
The petition dates to 1383 as the order to dearest the ship was issued on 27 March 1383 (CCR 1381-5, pp.259-60).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), p.84 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), pp.259-60 (order to dearrest the ship and barge)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518201/

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