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Wynald de Hamere. de Hamere Wynald King. Wynald de Hamere states that the king owes...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/17/804

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Reference
SC 8/17/804
Date
[c. 1331]
Description
Petitioners
Wynald de Hamere.
Name(s)
de Hamere, Wynald
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Wynald de Hamere states that the king owes him 110 s. 9 d. halfpenny, which he lent him in the first year of his reign to aid him in his war against his then enemies of Scotland, and for which he has letters patent sealed under the Cocket. He requests that this sum be allowed to him in the customs on wools to be sent by him out of the port of Lynn.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer, Barons and Chamberlains of the Exchequer are to be ordered that, when they have examined the letters mentioned by the petition, if they find that the debt is still due, they are to let him have payment, assignment or allowance, as soon as they reasonably can; receiving etc. and charging etc.
Places mentioned
Lenne (King's Lynn), [Norfolk]
Scotland.
Note
Dated c. 1328 on guard, with reference to SC 8/17/808, but dated here to c. 1331 as the response it gets is so like the responses to SC 8/17/802 and SC 8/17/803 in terms of words.
Related material

For a similar petition from another merchant, see SC 8/16/795

For a near-identical petition about a different sum of money see SC 8/17/806

For the letters patent it mentions see SC 8/17/807

For the letters patent mentioned by this petition see SC 8/17/808

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4137
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.408b (no.171) (full edition of related petition, with near-identical endorsement to a similar petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060945/

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