Community of the Lowy of Pevensey, members of the king's port of Hastings. King and...

Petitioners

Community of the Lowy of Pevensey, members of the king's port of Hastings.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The community of the Lowy of Pevensey, members of the king's port of Hastings, who are making a ship and a quarter of another ship for the king's service, state that although they are quit, through a charter of the king's father, confirmed by the king, of all manner of tallages - like the other barons of the ports - the queen's treasurer and steward have sent a writ to the bailiff of Pevensey asking him to levy 21 pounds, 6 shillings 8 pence of tallage for the eleventh to fourteenth years of the king's reign, for the queen's benefit, from her people of Pevensey, and have severely distrained the bailiff, Richard de Pevensey and the others named above. And they can have no delivery of these distraints without agreeing to their demands - contrary to the charter and confirmation mentioned above and to the franchise of the Cinque Ports. They request the delivery of the distraints, and that the king order the queen's ministers to cease from such actions in future.

Nature of endorsement

They are to show their charters in Chancery and have a writ in the due form to the queen's bailiffs about the contents of the petition.

Places mentioned

Pevenesse (Pevensey), [Sussex]

Lowy of Pevensey, [Sussex]

Hastingges (Hastings), [Sussex].

People mentioned

[Isabella of France], queen of England

Queen of England's treasurer

Queen of England's steward

Bailiff of Pevensey

Richard de Pevenesse (Pevensey)

Piers Willard

Henry Gerland

John Willard atte Doune

the heirs of Martin Brene

William atte Stable

Henry de Northton

Alexander Wigge

Giles de Asshemynton

Nicholas de Handon

Thomas de Hancam

Richard atte Werd

Simon de Hydenye

Ellis le Clerc

Stephen Ale

Randolph Wodelond (Woodland)

Luke Scot

John le Nynge

Robert Kipping

Edmund Godewyn (Godwin)

Heirs of Cok atte Doune, William Edriche

John Traple

William Croppe

Nicholas le Long

John Moryz

Laund Aldriche

Simon Colbrok

Osborne le Potter

Simon Littelwatte

William Avery

Avery Aghteman

A related petition is SC 8/6/281B

A related writ is SC 8/6/281A

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.404b-405a, no.100 (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.100 (summary of references)