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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John, Duke of Brittany. Duke of Brittany John King and council. [This petition is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/291/14503
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/291/14503
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John, Duke of Brittany.
- Name(s)
- Duke of Brittany, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged, and the sense is hard to make out] The Duke of Brittany cautions against [merchant] ships sailing without providing themselves with writs from Bordeaux, La Rochelle, or Saint-Mathieu, and quotes a document warning that he will seize any such ships. He specifically mentions the case of a ship found in default and seized by his officers, because it had crossed the boundaries without making . . . by a false suggestion arrested at Southampton as the goods of the French seized contrary to the truce, to the Duke's great prejudice. He asks that the vessel might be delivered as his own chattel rightfully acquired.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Saint-Mathieu, Brittany, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- La Rochelle, [Saintonge, France]
- Southampton, [Hampshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition might figure in C 49/43/10, a fragmentary list of petition dated to 50 Edward III (25 January 1376-24 January 1377). See PROME, parliament of 1376, appendix no. 24.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an enrolled version of this document, see C 49/43/10
For a transcript, see no.1 of PRO 31/7/105
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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)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1376, appendix no. 24 (description of enrolment of this petition in C 49/43/10)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735665/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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