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Henry Jacobson of Flerthing, ship's master; Gerard Wauke of Hemflet in Zeeland, ship's...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15568

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This record is about the Henry Jacobson of Flerthing, ship's master; Gerard Wauke of Hemflet in Zeeland, ship's... dating from [? 1350-? 1400] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/311/15568
Date
[? 1350-? 1400]
Description
Petitioners
Henry Jacobson of Flerthing, ship's master; Gerard Wauke of Hemflet in Zeeland, ship's master.
Name(s)
Jacobson; Wauke, Henry; Gerard
Addressees
King.
Occupation
ship's master
Nature of request
Jacobson, master of a ship of Holland, and Wauke, master of another ship, request delivery of their ships which were arrested at Kirkley and Yarmouth, having been laden with wool and wool-fells for going to Middelburg. They also request licence to cross the sea with their ships, merchants, mariners, goods and merchandises.
Nature of endorsement
[Partly illegible] The ships, mariners and merchants, if they are from Holland and Zeeland, and the same ... discharged of wool as is said ... by sufficient mainprise on pain of forfeiture of the same ships or the value of the same to return at the King's suit ... to cross the sea from the port Sandwich before the quinzaine of Easter next...
Places mentioned
Flerthing (?Vlissingen), [Netherlands]
Holland, [Netherlands]
Hemflet [unidentified], Zeeland, [Netherlands]
Middelburg, Zeeland, [Netherlands]
Kirkley, [Suffolk]
Yarmouth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk]
Sandwich, [Kent].
Note
Dated impressionistically, on the basis of the hand, to the second half of the fourteenth century..
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/C9682578/

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