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Merchants of Dublin and Drogheda. King. The merchants of Dublin and Drogheda request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15630

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Reference
SC 8/331/15630
Date
[1319]
Description
Petitioners
Merchants of Dublin and Drogheda.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The merchants of Dublin and Drogheda request redress against the people in Portland who seized goods carried in one of their ships which had been driven ashore there by storm.
Nature of endorsement
Certain justices should be assigned to enquire, hear and determine.
Places mentioned
Dublin, Ireland]
Drogheda, Ireland]
Normandy, [France]
Portland, [Dorset].
Note
Dated to 1319 by Connolly, Irish Ancient Petitions, p. 102.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.102 (translation of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683041/

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