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Richard Bele (Beale), merchant of Ireland; Henry Ston (Stone), merchant of Ireland;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/32/1596

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SC 8/32/1596
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Bele (Beale), merchant of Ireland; Henry Ston (Stone), merchant of Ireland; Robert Gyen, merchant of Ireland.
Name(s)
Bele (Beale); Ston (Stone); Gyen, Richard; Henry; Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Ireland
Gloucestershire.
Nature of request
Richard Bele, Henry Ston and Robert Gyen state that they had bought 400 quarters of wheat in Gloucestershire to carry to Ireland to succour the king's people there, but a general order has come to the Sheriff of Gloucestershire that no corn is to leave those parts without the king's permission, and as a result the wheat is attached by the sheriff and other bailiffs. They request a writ to the sheriff and bailiffs to allow them to take the wheat to Ireland.
Nature of endorsement
The sheriff is to be ordered that, when he has taken security from the merchants on their oath that they will take the corn to Ireland and nowhere else, and that they will sell it to people who are of the king's allegiance there, he is to let the merchants take the corn at their will, and remove his hand and the attachment, notwithstanding the said general command.
Note
CCR 1330-3 p.140 is dated at Woodstock, 20 May 1330. It mentions only one of the three petitioners here, but would appear to be contemporary. Note that 'Irish Ancient Petitions', p.11, following a note on the guard, wrongly ascribes this reference to CPR 1330-4 p.140.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 320
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), p.140 (instructions to the Sheriff of Gloucester to release the corn they bought to send to Ireland to Richard Bele, Robert Fraunceys and Augustine Geyner, if he can find corn from an alternative source for Aquitaine, and to pay them for it if not)
  • Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.11 (brief calendar)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061793/

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