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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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William Bernard (Guilhem Bernat) de Morlans, citizen of Bayonne. de Morlans William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/292/14571
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This record is about the William Bernard (Guilhem Bernat) de Morlans, citizen of Bayonne. de Morlans William... dating from [? 1305] 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 8/292/14571
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Bernard (Guilhem Bernat) de Morlans, citizen of Bayonne.
- Name(s)
- de Morlans, William Bernard (Guilhem Bernat)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Guyenne, France]
- Holland
- Ghent, [Belgium].
- Nature of request
- William Bernard de Morlans states that he was robbed on land, long ago, by people of Holland, of £670 sterling, and that the king sent letters demanding that restitution be made to him; but the people of Holland would do nothing. William Bernard therefore came before the king at Ghent, and the king promised him that when he had returned to England he would grant him letters of marque against the people of Holland. He therefore asks that these letters might be granted to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king does not wish to grant the marque at present for certain specific reasons, but if he wishes a letter of request he will grant it to him.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A note at the beginning of SC 8/291, signed R. L. Atkinson and dated 9 March 1932, states, 'Nos 14511-50 and 14551-80 in the next file appear to form an original file, or at any rate a conjunction of some duration. Such as can be dated appear to belong to the year 1305, or thereabouts, so the remainder may provisionally be regarded as belonging to this date'. This petition is therefore given a tentative date of 1305.
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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/C9735733/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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