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Walter Frost and Thomas de Ryse, merchants of Beverley Frost; de Ryse Walter; Thomas...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2350

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This record is about the Walter Frost and Thomas de Ryse, merchants of Beverley Frost; de Ryse Walter; Thomas... dating from [c. 1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/47/2350
Date
[c. 1340]
Description
Petitioners
Walter Frost and Thomas de Ryse, merchants of Beverley
Name(s)
Frost; de Ryse, Walter; Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
Nature of request
Walter Frost and Thomas de Ryse, merchants of Beverley, ask for payment or an assignment for £65 13s. 4d., which is owed to them from a loan, over the fixed custom, made from the wools charged in the port of Kingston upon Hull.
Nature of endorsement
It is to be sent to the Treasurer, Barons and Chamberlains of the Exchequer, that, when they have seen the letters of which the petition, if they find that the debt is still clearly due, then they are to give them payment or allowance as the petition demands, receiving etc. and charging etc.
Note
Dated on the guard to '? c. 1340', with reference to CPR 1338-40 p.407, dated at Ghent, 23 January 1340, and CCR 1339-41 pp.351, dated at Kennington, 12 February 1340, and 423, dated at Shotley, 21 June 1340. None of these is relevant, but they give an idea of when the petitioners were active.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/261/13044

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3363
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), pp.351 (order to the collectors of customs in Kingston upon Hull to let them export these 266 sacks of wool) & 423 (order to make assignment on the subsidy to the petitioners, for a loan of £200)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.407 (protection for the petitioners, who have licence to buy and export 266 sacks of wool for payment of 400 marks to the king)
Record URL
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