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William de Mereu, merchant of Genoa. de Mereu William King and Council. merchant...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6290

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Reference
SC 8/126/6290
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
William de Mereu, merchant of Genoa.
Name(s)
de Mereu, William
Addressees
King and Council.
Occupation
merchant of Genoa
Nature of request
William de Mereu, merchant of Genoa and attorney of Bonaventure and Fornet, requests remedy, stating that when he and his companions arrived at Southampton, they made an agreement with Vaus before they unloaded concerning the amounts of customs they would pay. However, Vaus then repudiated the agreement, seized part of their goods, and demanded greater sums than those previously agreed, charging for both the goods they sold and those they did not sell.
Nature of endorsement
Assign John de Foxle, John Randolf and John de Tycheburn, or two of them of which Foxle should be one, to inquire into the truth of this, and having heard and determined, to do justice to the merchants. And the petitions should be sent to the justices under the half-seal, so that they will be better advised upon this business.
Places mentioned
Genoa, [Italy]
Southampton, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
Francis Bonaventure
John de Fornet
John de Vaus, customer of Southampton.
Note
Commissions of oyer et terminer into this and other related complaints by Mereu were issued on 21 July 1322 (where he is named as William Meret or Meriet). However the justices named on the patent roll do not match those named in the endorsement.
Related material

For another related petition from this petitioner see SC 8/126/6285

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5722
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.251 (resultant commission of oyer et terminer, issued to different justices)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208465/

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