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William de Litton, merchant and citizen of London; Robert Persone (Persona), merchant...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6003

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Reference
SC 8/121/6003
Date
[c. 1302]
Description
Petitioners
William de Litton, merchant and citizen of London; Robert Persone (Persona), merchant and citizen of London; Roger le Viroler, merchant and citizen of London; Richard de Wendlesworth (Wandsworth), merchant and citizen of London; William le Fullere (Fuller), merchant and citizen of London; Henry Dardern (Ardern), merchant and citizen of London; William de Kent, merchant and citizen of London; Hugh Pourte, merchant and citizen of London; John Gombard, merchant and citizen of London; Peter de Blakeneye (Blakeney), merchant and citizens of London.
Name(s)
de Litton; Persone (Persona); Viroler; de Wendlesworth (Wandsworth); Fullere (Fuller); Dardern (Ardern); de Kent; Pourte; Gombard; de Blakeneye (Blakeney), William; Robert; Roger; Richard; William; Henry; William; Hugh; John; Peter
Addressees
King and Council.
Occupation
merchant
Nature of request
The petitioners request compensation for goods seized and sold by the bailiffs of Sluis. They state that their goods were taken, and they themselves were imprisoned, following a demand from the citizens of Ghent, who sought recovery of sums owed to them by the commonalty of London for a debt of the king's mother.
Nature of endorsement
[Long detailed Latin response to this petition and SC 8/121/6004, giving a summary of letters sent to and received from the officials of Ghent concerning the circumstances surrounding these seizures and those responsible. It refers to the involvement of the officials of the King of France, whether this was done during a time of peace or war between Flanders, France and England, and states that the sums involved were apparently raised by the Flemings but never paid.]
Places mentioned
London
Sluis, [Netherlands]
Flanders
Ghent, [Belgium].
People mentioned
Jacques de St Pol
[Philip IV], King of France
Thierry de Vyleyns
[Eleanor of Provence], Queen of England.
Note
This petition and that at SC 8/121/6004 form part of a long-running dispute between the English crown and the rulers of Flanders, involving debts and the seizure of the goods of merchants from both sides. A letter sent by Edward I to the officials of Ghent on 23 August 1302 appears to have been in response to these petitions (SC 1/13/49, calendared in CCR 1296-1302, pp.555-6); a response was received (SC 1/18/20), and the endorsement on this petition appears to summarise this correspondence.
Related material

For a letter of Edward I to the officials of Ghent on this matter see no.49 in SC 1/13

For a related petition see SC 8/193/9650

For the response of the people of Ghent see no 20 in SC 1/18

For a related petition, see SC 8/121/6004

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), pp.555-6 (calendar of a letter to the officials of Ghent on this matter (SC 1/13/49))
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208169/

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