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Richard Kyng (King) of Skegness, mariner; Simon Fitkyn, mariner; Simon White of Grimsby,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/304/15155
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This record is about the Richard Kyng (King) of Skegness, mariner; Simon Fitkyn, mariner; Simon White of Grimsby,... dating from [1383] 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 8/304/15155
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1383]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Kyng (King) of Skegness, mariner; Simon Fitkyn, mariner; Simon White of Grimsby, mariner.
- Name(s)
- Kyng (King); Fitkyn; White, Richard; Simon; Simon
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- mariner
- Nature of request
- Kyng, Fitkyn and White request remedy because they and their three ships were recently taken at sea by the King's enemies of Normandy and ransomed for a great sum of money, for which the petitioners pledged five of their men (Baynyng, Curtis, Whittopp, Bate and Silk), but before they had paid the ransom Titelot, Donnyng, Carter, Acklam and others took their ships, causing the enemies to take the hostages to Normandy, and Titelot, Donnyng, Carter and Acklam will not return their ships to them without a new ransom nor will they free the hostages from the enemies' hands.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Skegness, [Lincolnshire]
- Grimsby, [Lincolnshire]
- Normandy, [France]
- Clee, [Lincolnshire]
- Hornsea, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- [Michael de la Pole, knight], Chancellor
- William Baynyng of Clee
- John Curtays (Curtis)
- John Whittopp
- William Bate
- Thomas Silk
- Robert Titelot
- John Donnyng of Hornsea
- William Carter
- John Aclam (Acklam) of Scarborough.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This dates to 1383 as does SC 8/304/15154, to which it belongs.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the King's writ in response see SC 8/304/15154
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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/C9528902/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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