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John Sterlyng of Horning. Sterlyng John Cardinal, Archbishop of York, Chancellor....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/304/15182

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This record is about the John Sterlyng of Horning. Sterlyng John Cardinal, Archbishop of York, Chancellor.... dating from [1450-1452] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/304/15182
Date
[1450-1452]
Description
Petitioners
John Sterlyng of Horning.
Name(s)
Sterlyng, John
Addressees
Cardinal, Archbishop of York, Chancellor.
Nature of request
Sterlyng, who shipped various merchandises in a ship called 'the George' of Orford, of which Page was master, for going to Flanders, requests protection of alms to last for one year because he was captured at sea by Bretons with all his merchandises, led to Mont St Michel and put to great ransom.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Horning, Norfolk
Orford, [Suffolk]
Aldeburgh, [Suffolk]
Flanders
Mont St Michel, Brittany, [France].
People mentioned
[John Kemp], cardinal, Archbishop of York, Chancellor
John Page of Aldeburgh, ship's master
Bretons.
Note
The petition dates to 1450-2 since it is addressed to the cardinal archbishop of York as chancellor.
Related material

For an alternative version of this petition see SC 8/305/15208

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 19, 241.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528929/

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