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Simon Bertevile (Bertville), merchant. Bertevile (Bertville) Simon King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/33/1626

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This record is about the Simon Bertevile (Bertville), merchant. Bertevile (Bertville) Simon King and council.... dating from [c. 1328] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/33/1626
Date
[c. 1328]
Description
Petitioners
Simon Bertevile (Bertville), merchant.
Name(s)
Bertevile (Bertville), Simon
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant
Nature of request
Bertevile states that Betoigne and Coroner received for the use of the king in the first year of his reign from Bertevile £10 19s. ½d. from wool being his custom as a loan as appears by an obligation. He requests remedy.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
Thomas de Betoigne, collector and keeper of the customs in London
William le Coroner, collector and keeper of the customs in London.
Note
The petition is likely to date to 1328 as it makes mention of customs collected in the first year of Edward III's reign, and is unlikely to be long after.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1142
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.2 (appointment of Betoigne and Coroner to collect custom in the port of London)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061823/

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