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Sancho Hortitz (Ortez), merchant of Bilbao; Fortinho de Marquinha, merchant of Bilbao....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15061

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Reference
SC 8/302/15061
Date
[1428]
Description
Petitioners
Sancho Hortitz (Ortez), merchant of Bilbao; Fortinho de Marquinha, merchant of Bilbao.
Name(s)
Hortitz (Ortez); de Marquinha, Sancho; Fortinho
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
merchant of Bilbao
Nature of request
Hortitz and Marquinha request the renewal of their safe-conduct for a further year in due form, with a ship of 200 tonnes whose master is Langno as the ship named in the first safe-conduct is lost to the petitioners.
Nature of endorsement
6 July, 6 [Henry VI] at Westminster, it is agreed [by the council (named)] that the chancellor make them a safe-conduct for a year from the date of the expiry of their current safe-conduct.
Places mentioned
Bilbao, [Spain]
Westminster.
People mentioned
Peter de Langno, ship's master
[Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester
[Henry Chichele], Archbishop of Canterbury
[John Kempe], Archbishop of York, Chancellor
[William Gray], Bishop of London
[Thomas Langley], Bishop of Durham
[Philip Morgan], Bishop of Ely
[John Stafford], Bishop of Bath and Wells
[John Holland], Earl of Huntingdon
Lord Scrope
Lord Cromwell
Lord Tiptoft
[Walter Hungerford], Lord Hungerford, Treasurer
[John Alnwick], Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Note
The petition is dated to 1428 by the dating clause of the response which is dated to 5 July, 6 [Hen. VI].
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 583.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518265/

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