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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Grottom of Sluis, merchant; William Galoway (Galloway) of Ireland, merchant;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15899
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This record is about the John Grottom of Sluis, merchant; William Galoway (Galloway) of Ireland, merchant;... dating from [c. 1440] 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 8/336/15899
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Grottom of Sluis, merchant; William Galoway (Galloway) of Ireland, merchant; merchants of Ireland.
- Name(s)
- Grottom; Galoway (Galloway), John; William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Grottom and Galloway and his fellow merchants of Ireland, who at Drogheda loaded a ship of Flanders called 'le Christofre' of Sluis with 34 horses for going to Brittany, request restitution of the same horses. On the way to the Bay of Brittany they were driven by storm to Dartmouth where Wise, claiming that the horses were bound for the King's enemies, took all 34 of them as forfeit, sending six to the King and keeping or selling the rest for his own profit.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Right half missing and remainder illegible].
- Places mentioned
- Sluis, Flanders, [Netherlands]
- Ireland
- Drogheda, Ireland
- Dartmouth, Devon.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Wise of Devon, squire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to about 1440 when the King granted that Wyse could keep the forfeited horses mentioned in this petition (sending the best six to the King), if Wyse's information proves to be correct (CPR 1436-41, p. 484).
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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)
- English and Latin
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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 Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.484 (grant of forfeited horses to Wyse)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736287/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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