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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Langino of Melcombe and Lawrence Ragge of Weymouth. Langino; Ragge Richard;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/288/14381
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This record is about the Richard Langino of Melcombe and Lawrence Ragge of Weymouth. Langino; Ragge Richard;... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/288/14381
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Langino of Melcombe and Lawrence Ragge of Weymouth.
- Name(s)
- Langino; Ragge, Richard; Lawrence
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard Langino of Melcombe and Lawrence Ragge of Weymouth state that on the morrow of St James in the twentieth year of King Edward their ships were robbed at sea off Le Collet in Brittany by unknown people from Dieppe, La Havre and Brittany, who took their goods to Nantes, where they still hold them; and they killed twenty people in the ships. They request aid and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have letters to the Duke of Brittany, concerning the contents of the petition, for him to do justice as has hitherto been the custom in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Melcombe Regis, [Dorset]
- Weymouth, [Dorset]
- Le Collet, [Brittany, France]
- Dieppe, Normandy, [France]
- La Havre, Normandy, [France]
- Nantes, Brittany, [France].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- [John de Bretagne], Duke of Brittany.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by the mention of the morrow of St James, 20 Edward [II] (26 July 1326). The mention of 'King Edward', suggests that this petition is from the reign of Edward III.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a transcript, see p.99 of PRO 31/7/135
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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/C9735542/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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