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Roger Baroun (Baron) of Flitcham, merchant of King's Lynn. Baroun (Baron) Roger Treasurer...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/31/1549

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Reference
SC 8/31/1549
Date
[1303]
Description
Petitioners
Roger Baroun (Baron) of Flitcham, merchant of King's Lynn.
Name(s)
Baroun (Baron), Roger
Addressees
Treasurer and King's council.
Occupation
merchant of King's Lynn
Nature of request
Roger Baroun requests a remedy for wool stolen from him at sea in 1303 by the king of France's men.
Nature of endorsement
A letter is to be written to the King of France, asking him to make restitution etc.
Places mentioned
Flitcham, [Norfolk]
King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
Gypwic (Ipswich), [Suffolk]
River Orwell, [Suffolk]
Brabant, [Belgium]
France
Calais, [France]
Bruges (Brugge), [Belgium].
People mentioned
[Philip IV], King of France.
Note
The petition states that the incident took place in August 1303. CCR 1302-7 p.109 is dated at Kinloss, 20 September 1303, so the petition must have been submitted very shortly after the event.The two letters in CCW 1244-1326 p.200 seem to date from late 1303: that from the King of France is dated to the morrow of Martinmas (12 November).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1241
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.200 (letter from the King of France saying that he has handed the business over to James de Courcellis, canon of Arras, and to the lords of Fiennes and St Venant, and letter from James de Courcellis, canon of Arras, saying that he and his colleagues have received no commission from the King on this matter)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.109 (letter to the King of France requesting restitution of, or compensation for, the lost ship and wool)
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