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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Bertvile, master of gunnery in the town of Calais. Bertvile William King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E662
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This record is about the William Bertvile, master of gunnery in the town of Calais. Bertvile William King.... dating from 1404 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 8/324/E662
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1404
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Bertvile, master of gunnery in the town of Calais.
- Name(s)
- Bertvile, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- master of gunnery in the town of Calais
- Nature of request
- Bertvile requests that it be granted that he can have two English valets born in England to aid and take his craft for the safe keeping of the town and march, and that they be at the king's wages, and he requests letters of the privy seal to the treasurer of Calais on this.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]1) The king has granted all that is contained in the bill.2) The Earl of Somerset.3) The letters were made at Westminster according to the endorsement.[On dorse:]By the council [named] of the 22 April in the fifth year it is assented that a warrant be made according to the contents of this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- [John Beaufort], Earl of Somerset
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury
- Edward [of York], Duke of York
- [Thomas Langley], Chancellor
- [Thomas Nevill, Lord Furnival], Treasurer
- [Nicholas Bubwith], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- H. de Waterton
- S. Savage
- J. Norbury
- J. Doreward
- J. Cursoun (Curzon).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1404 as it is dated in the dating clause in the response to 22 April, 5 [Hen. IV].
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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/C9682656/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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