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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
Related material

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

Held by
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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