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John de Insula (Lisle), mayor of Bordeaux. de Insula (Lisle) John Chancellor. mayor...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15572

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This record is about the John de Insula (Lisle), mayor of Bordeaux. de Insula (Lisle) John Chancellor. mayor... dating from [c. 1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/311/15572
Date
[c. 1340]
Description
Petitioners
John de Insula (Lisle), mayor of Bordeaux.
Name(s)
de Insula (Lisle), John
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
mayor of Bordeaux
Nature of request
Insula requests renewal of a writ granted to the seneschal of Gascony to deliver to him and merchants the goods taken from their ships at Bordeaux by Spana and his men, naming two or three merchants as well as himself, since without this the writ is of no value.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
Serebrune de Spana.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1340 when Lisle was mayor of Bordeaux (SC 8/247/12341).
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/247/12341

For a related document see SC 8/14/685

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/C9682582/

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