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Piers Ayqem, merchant of Bordeaux Ayqem Piers King and council. merchant Piers Ayqem...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/7/305

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Reference
SC 8/7/305
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Piers Ayqem, merchant of Bordeaux
Name(s)
Ayqem, Piers
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant
Nature of request
Piers Ayqem complains that Arnold Michol of Bazas, who is in prison because he was with the Earl of Lancaster, bought wine from him at Hull on the first Wednesday of last Lent, for which he has not paid him. He requests a due and reasonable remedy.
Nature of endorsement
He is to have a writ in Chancery according to the law in this case.
Places mentioned
Burdeaux (Bordeaux), [Guyenne, France]
Besans (Bazas), [Gascony, France]
Hull (Kingston upon Hull), [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
[Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
Arnold Michol of Bazas
Note
The petition is dated to 1322 as it is clearly in the aftermath of the failed baronial revolt, Micol having been imprisoned for his adherence to Thomas of Lancaster. Micol received a pardon by CPR 1321-4 p.139 is dated at York, 30 June 1322.One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 182
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.139 (pardon to Arnold Michol of Bazas, an adherent of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.409a, no. 129 (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. 129 (summary of references)
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