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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard le Lacer, Citizen and Merchant of London. Lacer Richard The king's council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2756
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/56/2756
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard le Lacer, Citizen and Merchant of London.
- Name(s)
- Lacer, Richard
- Addressees
- The king's council.
- Occupation
- Citizen and Merchant of London
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks payment of a debt of £200 from the king and £100 in damages suffered through non-payment of the same. He shows that on 27 November 1331 the king's letters patent under the great seal directed the then constable of Bordeaux to promptly pay the petitioner £200 sterling in part payment of £1300 in which the king was held since the time of his father for reasons contained in the letters patent. And upon this the petitioner (on the feast of St Nicholas lately past) sent a message to his merchants in Bordeaux with the said letters patent, together with a letter from the bishop of Norwich (then the king's treasurer). The merchants waited fifteen weeks for payment, which was not forthcoming and they returned without the money, to the serious damage of the petitioner (£100).
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him have writs just like the others in weighty language.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- Constable of Bordeaux
- Arnold de Durfort
- William Ayermine, Bishop of Norwich.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1330-4, p. 392.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 4723
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.392 (resulting acknowledgement of debt)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062974/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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