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Herman de Revel, merchant of Almaine. de Revel Herman King and council. merchant...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/795

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This record is about the Herman de Revel, merchant of Almaine. de Revel Herman King and council. merchant... dating from [1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/16/795
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
Herman de Revel, merchant of Almaine.
Name(s)
de Revel, Herman
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of Almaine
Nature of request
Herman de Revel, merchant of Almaine, states that King Edward, father of the present king, owed him £20 5s. 9d. halfpenny, from a loan made to him at Boston in the eleventh year of his reign, for which he has letters patent of obligation sealed with the cocket; he requests that this sum be allowed to him in the next customs on wools, hides, woolfells and other merchandise to be sent by him out of the said port.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer, Barons and Chamberlains of the Exchequer are to be ordered that, when they have seen the letters, if they find that the debt is still due, then they are to let him have payment, assignment or allowance as he demands, as soon as they reasonably can, receiving etc., and charging etc.
Places mentioned
Almaine (Germany)
Seint Botulf (Boston), [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Edward [II], King of England.
Note
CCR 1330-3 p365 is dated at Windsor, 21 October 1331.
Related material

For a similar petition from another merchant of Almaine, see SC 8/16/797

For a similar petition from another merchant, see SC 8/17/804

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6844
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p365 (orders to Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to make payment in accordance with the terms of the endorsement)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.407b-408a (no. 167) (full edition of original petition)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060936/

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