1312 - Safe conduct to John Petit, master of king's ship

Record
Date	1312
Topic	Safe conduct issued to John Petit, master of the king's ship, the James of Westminster, going to divers parts on the king's business

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Westminster, the home port of the James.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-03-08. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.

Record

[6 Sep. 1312:]
  Safe conduct, until Christmas, for John Petit, master of the king's ship la James of Westminster, going to divers parts on the king's business.

By K.

  The like for the under-mentioned mariners: Robert Gold, master of the king's ship la l'etre of Westminster; Richard atte Wose, master of the king's ship la Weliwonne.

Source notes

Marginal note in printed source: "Sept. 6. Westminster". Italics as in printed source.

IRHB comments

For the career of this John Little see Little John the mariner (record texts).

Lists

• Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.

Sources

• [Handcock, G.F., compil.; Maxwell-Lyte, Henry Churchill, introd.] Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office: Edward II. A.D. 1307-1313 (London, 1894), p. 491.

Also see

• Little John the mariner (links)
• Persons named Little John (links).

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