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Reynald de Massingham, servant of Roger de Felton. de Massingham Reynald King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/127/6313

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Reference
SC 8/127/6313
Date
[? 1317-? 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Reynald de Massingham, servant of Roger de Felton.
Name(s)
de Massingham, Reynald
Addressees
King and Council.
Occupation
servant of Roger de Felton
Nature of request
Reynald de Massingham states that, in the king's eleventh year, he sent a ship of Boulogne laden with goods to Flanders to get other goods for Felton, but the ship was attacked by Scluse and others off Margate, and goods worth £100 were stolen. He later found the attackers in London, and sued a writ against them before the mayor, but they fled, leaving behind their ship. This ship was worth 10 marks, which sum has been given to Reynald as part payment. However, he requests that the king send letters to his sheriffs and other officials ordering the arrest of Scluse and his companions, in order that he can recover the rest of his losses.
Nature of endorsement
Let him have letters close to whichever of the king's ministers he wishes, and whatever he wishes upon the contents of the petition.
Places mentioned
Buloine (Boulogne-sur-Mer), [Artois, France]
Flanders
Margate, Kent
London
St Botolf (Boston), [Lincolnshire]
Lenne (King's Lynn), [Norfolk]
Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
Scluse (Sluis), [Netherlands].
People mentioned
Roger de Felton
Baldwin [de la Scluse (Sluis)], son of Baldwin de la Scluse
Baldwin de la Scluse (Sluis) of Flanders
Piers le Clerk
Piers Taleman
Mayor of London
Giles de Beauchamp
Robert de Foxton.
Note
The petition explicitly refers to events of the king's eleventh year, and is dated on the guard to? c.1319. Given the people concerned, the petition could conceivably date to the reign of either Edward II or Edward III, but Edward II appears more likely. A date between 1317 and 1327 has therefore been suggested.
Related material

For transcript, see no.56 of PRO 31/7/95

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5753
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208488/

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