Henry Lakensuyder (Lakensuydre), merchant of York. Lakensuyder (Lakensuydre) Henry...

Petitioners

Henry Lakensuyder (Lakensuydre), merchant of York.

Name(s)

Lakensuyder (Lakensuydre), Henry

Addressees

Commons in Parliament.

Occupation

merchant

Nature of request

Henry Lakensuyder, merchant of York, states that his goods worth £413 8s 8d were seized by subjects of the duke of Brittany in various Breton ports in time of truce. He has sued for redress to the present king and his father, and also through ambassadors sent by the king to Brittany, but without success. He therefore asks either for letters of marque and reprisal, or for redress to be made to him from the goods of Bretons currently held in England.

Nature of endorsement

[on face] Let it be taken to the King.[on dorse] Let this petition be sent to the king's council, and let the lords of the council ordain, by authority of this parliament, whatever shall seem most reasonable for the plaintiff on the matter contained in this petition.

Places mentioned

York

Brittany, [France]

Leicester, [Leicestershire].

People mentioned

[John V], Duke of Brittany

[Henry IV], King of England

John Colvyle, knight

Richard Hale, clerk

John Chamberleyn, clerk of the Admiralty.

For another petition from this petitioner see SC 8/122/6086

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.88-9 (full edition of petition and response)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Parliament of 1416, Appendix, no.3 (calendar of petition)