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King's bailiffs of the town of Ipswich Chancellor [The end of each line of this petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/49/2414

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This record is about the King's bailiffs of the town of Ipswich Chancellor [The end of each line of this petition... dating from [c. 1308] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/49/2414
Date
[c. 1308]
Description
Petitioners
King's bailiffs of the town of Ipswich
Addressees
Chancellor
Nature of request
[The end of each line of this petition is illegible.] As alien tenants of the King, the Bailiffs of Ipswich inform the Chancellor . . . of these burgesses of Berwick, [he] brought by sea to the said town of Ipswich salmon, hides and other small things . . .and has bought instead wheat, peas and beans, to carry where he pleases for his own profit, by virtue of a letter . . . has shown and said to be sealed with the seal of the Earl of Angus, Keeper of the Truce in the Scottish March on behalf of our lord the King . . . we send to you if it please you to examine it. And because we understand that he wishes to take the said victuals to Scotland and . . . form of the said truce, or of the power of the aforesaid Keeper, or of the will of our said lord the King in the accusations . . [them] arrested and held under arrest until we have your counsel on this. And therefore, if it please you . . . will of our lord the King on this by his writ to be sent to us, so that we have a warrant. God save you, sire . . ..
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Gippewicz (Ipswich), [Suffolk]
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
the Scottish March
Scotland
People mentioned
Burgesses of Berwick
[Robert de Umfraville], Earl of Angus
Note
Dated on the guard to '? c. 1308' with reference to the Earl of Angus as the Keeper of the truce with Scotland.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 9157
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), p.47 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062627/

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