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Thomas Fog Fog Thomas King and council Thomas Fog states that at Martinmas in the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2292

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SC 8/46/2292
Date
[c. 1363]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Fog
Name(s)
Fog, Thomas
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Thomas Fog states that at Martinmas in the king's thirty-fifth year he sent some gold, to the sum of 1700 marks sterling, to the Tower of London to be exchanged, and as soon as he had satisfied the king and his officers for the exchange, William Holbech, one of the Sheriffs of London, seized all the money, by a warrant under the [privy] seal, and although Thomas has often sued to the council, then and since, to know the cause of this, he has never been received to this, or to have recovery of his loss. Now he is in prison, and has no means of release, unless the king gives him his money. He asks the king to ordain for his release.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
People mentioned
William Holbech, Sheriff of London
[John Buckingham], Keeper of the privy seal and Bishop of Lincoln
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1362, with reference to the List of Sheriffs (William Holbech was Sheriff of London between Michaelmas 1361 and Michaelmas 1362) and to 35 Edward III (25 January 1361 - 24 January 1362): the incident clearly took place at Martinmas 1361. From the context the petition seems to have been presented some time later, as the petitioner has sued since then to the council, and is now in prison, and as the then Keeper of the privy seal is now Bishop of Lincoln. John Buckingham was Keeper of the privy seal between 1360 and 1363, and Bishop of Lincoln between 1362 and 1398 - the wording of the petition ('de quell seal fu al heure gardeyn monsire de Nichole qore est') suggests that at the time it was delivered he was Bishop but no longer Keeper, so it must date from between 10 June 1363 (when William Wykeham became Keeper) and 21 June 1377 (the death of Edward III).
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/163/8119

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3518
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062502/

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