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Henry de Moundecheney (Montchesney), merchant of Montreuil-sur-Mer. de Moundecheney...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/342/16112

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This record is about the Henry de Moundecheney (Montchesney), merchant of Montreuil-sur-Mer. de Moundecheney... dating from [c. 1350-c. 1380] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/342/16112
Date
[c. 1350-c. 1380]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Moundecheney (Montchesney), merchant of Montreuil-sur-Mer.
Name(s)
de Moundecheney (Montchesney), Henry
Addressees
[Lost].
Occupation
merchant of Montreuil-sur-Mer
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged, and is missing a substantial portion of the left-hand side of the petition].Moundecheiney shows that his cargo was charged on a ship ant Nantes and the ship was seized by Fote and other men of Holland who took the cargo and put it in a ship called 'le George de Loundres' whose [master] was Chadde... and he requests that the matter be enquired of.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Montreuil-sur-Mer, [Picardy, France]
Brittany, [France]
Nantes, Brittany, [France]
London.
People mentioned
Bartholomew Fote of Holland
Robert Chadde, [master] of the barge called 'le George' of London.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1350-c. 1380 on the basis of the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 7/12/1922).
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736593/

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