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Richard Elys and Thomas Dengayn, collectors of the subsidy in Great Yarmouth Elys;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2221

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Reference
SC 8/45/2221
Date
[c. 1423]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Elys and Thomas Dengayn, collectors of the subsidy in Great Yarmouth
Name(s)
Elys; Dengayn, Richard; Thomas
Addressees
Commons of parliament
Occupation
collectors of the subsidy in Great Yarmouth
Nature of request
Richard Elys and Thomas Dengayn, who collected the subsidy on wools and woolfells granted in the parliament held at Westminster in the first year of the king's reign at Great Yarmouth state that they were overcharged in their account by the sum of £41 13 s. 4 d. for the subsidy on 25 sacks of Scottish wool seized at sea. They ask the commons to ask the king and lords to grant a writ of the privy seal to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to discharge them of this sum.
Nature of endorsement
[On face: Soit baille as seignurs (It is to be delivered to the lords).][On dorse: none]
Places mentioned
Westminster
Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
Scotland
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
London
People mentioned
William Bigge, mariner of Newcastle upon Tyne
John Bigge, mariner of Newcastle upon Tyne, son of William Bigge
John Broun, merchant of London
Richard Banastre, merchant of London
Note
Dated on the guard to 'c. 1423, ref. 1st year (prob. of Hen. VI) The petitioners were appointed collectors of the subsidy in Great Yarmouth in 9 Henry V (CPR 1416-22 p.392, dated at Westminster, 25 July 1421), and Richard Elys was appointed controller of customs in Great Yarmouth on 14 September 1428 (CPR 1422-9 p.501).
Related material

For a copy of a statute of Edward III concerning the staple, and specifying that Scottish wool is not wool of the staple, formerly attached to this petition, together with a copy of part of an account for the subsidy collected at Great Yarmouth in 4 Henry C 49/8/26

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1048
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062431/

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