? No Petitioner named A transcript of letters patent from the justices, eschevins,...

Petitioners

? No Petitioner named

Nature of request

A transcript of letters patent from the justices, eschevins, jurats and community of Mechelen to the Chastelain, justices and eschevins of Lens and all others declaring that on the testimony of trustworthy people of Mechelen, the cloth which Geoffrey de la Penne, valet of Stephen de Abyndon, bought in Mechelen, was made there, and loaded there for transport to Wissant. They understand that it was seized in Lens as cloth from Flanders, and request that it be returned to the aforesaid merchant, or to his messenger, bearer of these letters.

Nature of endorsement

He is to show in Chancery the letters which he has from the King of France, and, when they have been examined, if it is found that the king of France owes him such a sum, and the terms of payment are passed, then a writ of Chancery is to be issued to seize up to the same sum from the goods of the merchants of the kingdom of France, until etc. [Response to SC 8/10/478]

Places mentioned

Malines (Mechelen), [Belgium]

Whitsand (Wissant), [Artois, France]

Lens, [Artois, France]

Artois, [France]

London.

People mentioned

Chastelain of Lens

Justices of Lens

Eschevins of Lens

Justices of Mechelen

Eschevins of Mechelen

Jurats of Mechelen

Stephen de Abyndon (Abingdon), merchant of London

Geoffrey de la Penne, valet of Stephen de Abyndon

Henry Dellegan

Walter Hoste

Henry de Belguelm

Philip le Tentier

Henry le Corbat

John Hasot

Lambert de Dist.

For transcript, see p.2 of PRO 31/7/93

For the petition with which this transcript was originally enclosed, see SC 8/10/478

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), pp.143-144 (letter to the king of France, asking him to make restitution to Stephen de Abyndon for the cloth and other goods)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.476a-b, no.93 (full edition of original document)