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Piers Bernard of Toulouse, merchant of Bayonne Bernard Piers King and council merchant...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/31/1528

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Reference
SC 8/31/1528
Date
[c. 1295]
Description
Petitioners
Piers Bernard of Toulouse, merchant of Bayonne
Name(s)
Bernard, Piers
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
merchant of Bayonne
Nature of request
Piers Bernard states that he left his brother, Piers de Tolose, in the island of Guernsey with 400 quarter of salt and other goods, but that the brother was killed defending the island by the men of the King of France, and the goods were seized by Henry de Cobeham, then Guardian of the Channel Islands. The king has previously issued several writs, at Piers' request, for the return of those goods, but Henry has refused to do anything. The king appointed John de Bacuelle and Robert de Lessech as auditors, and Henry admitted before them to receiving the salt. Piers requests that the king order that Henry be distrained for the value of Piers' goods and damages, and the costs incurred in the three years he has been suing.
Nature of endorsement
It cannot be done, because Henry de Cobeham's account has not yet been rendered.
Places mentioned
Toulouse, [Languedoc, France]
Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
Garnesey (Guernsey)
Channel Islands
France
People mentioned
Piers de Tolose (Toulouse), brother of petitioner
Henry de Cobeham (Cobham), Guardian of the Channel Islands
John de Bacuelle (Bakewell)
Robert de Lessech, clerk
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1295, with reference to the Calendar of Chancery Warrants; but CCR 1288-1296 p.435 is dated at Westminster, 12 October 1295, and seems to be in response to one of the earlier petitions mentioned in this petition, which would suggest that this petition is rather later.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1140
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), p.10 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), pp. 66 & 74 (other possible actions upon petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1288-1296, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.435 (order to the Bailiff of Guernsey to return Peter de Tolose's goods to his brother, or explain why he does not do so, as the king learns from the brother's petition that he has done nothing)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061724/

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