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Nicholas de Thymelby (Thimbleby). de Thymelby (Thimbleby) Nicholas King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/14/692

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Reference
SC 8/14/692
Date
[1328]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas de Thymelby (Thimbleby).
Name(s)
de Thymelby (Thimbleby), Nicholas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Thymelby states that the king is bound to him in a sum of money loaned to him in his first year as appears by letters patent under the cocket seal of Boston; and also of a further debt of Edward II as appears by letters patent under the cocket seal. He requests that having regard of the charters that the king order to the customs collectors of Boston that the sums be allowed against the next wool that he sends beyond the seas.
Nature of endorsement
Regarding the forty six marks due by Edward III, let it be ordered by a writ of Chancery to the customs collectors in the port of Boston that when they have viewed the letters patent which Thymelby has of this debt, if they find that it is due they are to allow it on wool hides and pelts which he loads in the port to send overseas, receiving from him his letters patent and his letters of acquittance. And regarding the debt of forty nine pounds due to him from Edward II, he is to wait longer.
Places mentioned
St Botolf (Boston), [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Edward III, King of England
Edward II, King of England.
Note
Firmly dated to 1328 by the writ to the customs collectors to allow the 46 marks to Thymelby issued on 28 October (CCR 1327-30, p.335).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7975
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.335 (writ to the collectors of Boston to allow the 46 marks in accordance with the response to this petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.385a (no.35) (full edition of original petition)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060833/

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