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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/121/6003
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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 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))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208169/
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