John de Vyenne. de Vyenne John King and council. [The petition is badly damaged,...

Petitioners

John de Vyenne.

Name(s)

de Vyenne, John

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

[The petition is badly damaged, and a considerable part of the last entry is missing.]1) Vyenne requests remedy as the king granted him the office of comptroller of customs in the city of London for his life, but he was ousted from the office by Despenser, and though he has sued in parliament and before justices for the office, the office has been granted to several other individuals so that he cannot have his right.2) Vyenne requests that he can have his sustenance from the levy on wool at the staple of Winchester, as the king granted him that he could have his sustenance from the priory of Seintdenys outside Southampton, and he has not been able to have it.3) Copy of a grant by Edward II to Vyenne of the office of counteroller in the city of London.4) Copy of a writ of Edward II to his treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to enquire of why the Vyenne was removed from office.5) [Entry concerning a grant of office to Alan de Thesdale].

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Southampton, [Hampshire]

Clarendon, [Wiltshire]

Ledbury, [Herefordshire]

Winchester, [Hampshire]

London.

People mentioned

Hugh le Despenser, the son

Geoffrey le Scrop (Scrope)

William de Ardern

John de Say

John Dark

John de Thesdale.

For a related document see SC 8/294/14697

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.413 (the petitioner is sent to the prior and convent of St Denis near Southampton for his sustenance)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.304 (grant of the office to John de Say making mention of the petitioner)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.144-145 (Latin summary of another petition by the same petitioner concerning the first request of this petition with a response)