A Calendar of Early Chancery Proceedings Relating to West Country Shipping 1388–1493

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From Early Chancery Proceedings – judicial records including plaintiffs’ petitions, defendants’ answers and decrees, and orders of the court – Dorothy Gardiner has extracted those relating to the maritime activities of men of Devon and Cornwall and their ships. The majority of the documents are petitions seeking the assistance of the chancellor in the redress of grievances or reparations. With introduction, notes and index.

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