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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
Item
James Tresson (Cresson), master of a ship of Flanders. Tresson (Cresson) James King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14745
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This record is about the James Tresson (Cresson), master of a ship of Flanders. Tresson (Cresson) James King.... dating from [? c. 1370-? c. 1400] 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 8/295/14745
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1370-? c. 1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- James Tresson (Cresson), master of a ship of Flanders.
- Name(s)
- Tresson (Cresson), James
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- master of a ship of Flanders
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly worn] James Tresson states that when he was travelling from La Rochelle to Flanders, he was driven into the port of Falmouth by a storm, and the Mayor, bailiffs, and other officers of the town arrested his ship and goods, claiming that they were French, to his great harm and contrary to the truce between the king and the Flemish. He asks that they might be ordered to return his ship and merchandise to him, as he has letters of testimony from many upright men of Flanders, stating that he is a merchant of Flanders and not of France.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Flanders
- La Rochelle, [Saintonge, France]
- Falmouth, [Cornwall]
- France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9735911/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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