? No Petitioner named Copy of a writ of Edward III to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains...

Petitioners

? No Petitioner named

Nature of request

Copy of a writ of Edward III to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains of the Exchequer informing them that he has granted a pardon at the request of the earl of Lancaster, and also for a fine of £100 to be paid into the king's Chamber by Beckering, to Beckering, his wife, and Ticley and Rous for all manner of trespasses and extortions made against the king and his people during the time when Beckering was sheriff which they were convicted of by William de Thorpe. Beckering and the others are to be quit of the fine placed on them by judgment, and are not to be charged beyond the £100 fine.

Nature of endorsement

[None].

Places mentioned

Nottinghamshire

Derbyshire

Calais, [France]

Somerby [unidentified].

People mentioned

Edward III, King of England

[Henry of Grosmont], Earl of Lancaster

Thomas de Bekeryng (Beckering), sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

[Isabel de Beckering], wife of Thomas de Beckering

John de Ticley, clerk

Simon Rous of Somerby, chaplain

William de Thorp (Thorpe), justice.

For copies of letters patent which was attached with this writ to the petition see SC 8/13/647C

For the petition to which this writ was attached see SC 8/13/647A

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.306 (commission concerning Beckering's term as sheriff)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.196a-b (no.84) (full edition of a later copy of letters of pardon)