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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Cokkesson, ship's master; Thomas Roos, ship's master. Cokkesson; Roos Robert;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15704
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This record is about the Robert Cokkesson, ship's master; Thomas Roos, ship's master. Cokkesson; Roos Robert;... dating from [c. 1406] 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 8/331/15704
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1406]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Cokkesson, ship's master; Thomas Roos, ship's master.
- Name(s)
- Cokkesson; Roos, Robert; Thomas
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- ship's master
- Nature of request
- Cokkesson, master of a ship called 'la Trinite' of West Lynn, and Roos, master of a ship called 'Seint Marie bote' of Lynn, request a writ ordering the mayor and bailiffs of Lynn to deliver to them all their obligations and sureties. After Drax arrested the petitioners' ships at Lynn for the King's voyage, they found surety by obligations made to the mayor and bailiffs of Lynn to have the ships ready for travel on a certain day, and freighted their ships with merchandises of various merchants to carry to London. Although a general proclamation was then made to arrest all ships previously arrested, the mayor and bailiffs will not return their obligations.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- West Lynn, [Norfolk]
- Lynn (King's Lynn), [Norfolk]
- London.
- People mentioned
- John Drax, serjeant at arms.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1406 when John Drax, serjeant at arms, was active (SC 8/43/2128; SC 8/188/9353).
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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/C9683118/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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