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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Huguelin (Hugh, Hugues) Gerard, servant of Peter (Pierre) de Matinaus, merchant of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/289/14437
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This record is about the Huguelin (Hugh, Hugues) Gerard, servant of Peter (Pierre) de Matinaus, merchant of... dating from [1383] 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 8/289/14437
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1383]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Huguelin (Hugh, Hugues) Gerard, servant of Peter (Pierre) de Matinaus, merchant of Boulogne.
- Name(s)
- Gerard, Huguelin (Hugh, Hugues)
- Addressees
- King and council in parliament.
- Occupation
- servant of Peter (Pierre) de Matinaus, merchant of Boulogne
- Nature of request
- Huguelin Gerard, servant of Peter de Matinaus, merchant of Boulogne, states that because of a false accusation, his goods and chattels, books and remembrances have been held in arrest by order of the council. He has long sued for justice, but has been unable to have justice or deliverance of his goods. He asks that worthy merchants and other good people with knowledge of the matter might be appointed to examine the accusations against him, so that, if they are found to be untrue, he might have delivery of his goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- This bill is to be sent to Chancery and there, when the parties and others who are to be called have been called and the matter has been examined carefully, what in this touches trade is to be determined by good and loyal merchants, and what touches the common law is to be dealt with and determined by the course of common law; and full justice done on this.
- Places mentioned
- Boulogne-sur-mer, [Artois, France].
- People mentioned
- Peter (Pierre) de Matinaus, merchant of Boulogne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1381-5 p.419 is dated 16 December 1383, and is clearly in response to this petition. The petitioner may be the Hugh Gerard, Lombard, released on mainprise on 13 February 1383 (CCR 1381-5 p.288).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a transcript, see p.53 of PRO 31/7/129
For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/48/2383
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.419 (writ of supersedeas omnino in this case, and instructions to send the record and process into Chancery)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735599/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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