People of Cornwall. King and council. The people request remedy concerning the collection...

Petitioners

People of Cornwall.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The people request remedy concerning the collection of corn and wine by Archdeacon for the use of the king within the country. They show that whereas he had a commission from the king to take the corn and wine, he has resorted to attaching the people of the country for their corn despite there being a shortage of wheat, and has taken wine, all without offering payment or showing his commission. He has also appointed his own bailiffs and threatened the people to the scandal of the king.

Nature of endorsement

Thomas is to be commanded by a writ containing the force of this petition, that he is not to go beyond the form of his commission, and if he has done anything against the form of the commission then he is to make redress, so that the king hears no further complaints. And if he does not make redress for things that he has done beyond the form of his commission then the king will make an example of him.

Places mentioned

Cornwall.

People mentioned

Thomas le Ercedekne (Archdeacon).

For a duplicate of this petition differently endorsed see SC 8/99/4921

For an earlier petition by Archdeacon see SC 8/1/50

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.387a-b (no.3) (full edition of original petition)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp. 387-415, no. 3 (summary of references)