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Adam Windel (Windle) of Great Yarmouth; William Fitz William of Great Yarmouth; Oliver...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/149/7432

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Reference
SC 8/149/7432
Date
[1283]
Description
Petitioners
Adam Windel (Windle) of Great Yarmouth; William Fitz William of Great Yarmouth; Oliver de la More of Great Yarmouth; Stephen de Beston (Beeston); Walter Broun (Brown); Nicholas Cok (Cook); Thomas Fille; Godfrey Papa (Pope); Miles de Hegham (Heigham); Thomas de Karlill (Carlisle); Thomas Blakeman.
Name(s)
Windel (Windle); Fitz William; More; de Beston (Beeston); Broun (Brown); Cok (Cook); Fille; Papa (Pope); de Hegham (Heigham); de Karlill (Carlisle); Blakeman, Adam; William; Oliver; Stephen; Walter; Nicholas; Thomas; Godfrey; Miles; Thomas; Thomas
Addressees
[King]
Nature of request
The petitioners state that certain Norwegians unjustly took their goods with force and arms in Bergen in Norway and are holding them, and ask that all merchants from those parts might be distrained at Lynn and Yarmouth until they have received satisfaction according to law merchant; or that they might have some other remedy.
Nature of endorsement
The King [of Norway] is to be ordered to have compensation made, or otherwise etc., and he is to write back etc.
Places mentioned
Norfolk
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Bekeny (Bekken), Norway
Northbergh (Bergen), Norway
King's Lynn, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
John son of Ragnild (Fitz Ragnild)
Herdin Histecorn of Bekken
Hase Loker
Hane Herbern
Abbot of St Michael's, [Munkalif], Norway
Loren Leppe
William de Torgh
Gutthurn Godessone.
Note
This petition is identified by Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined. p.15 and by PROME C 49, File 2, appendix, no. 32(vi) with the 'peticio...Ade Wyndel et sociorum suorum' that appears on a memorandum of business done at the Acton Burnel parliament of Michaelmas 1283.
Related material

For transcript, see p.61 of PRO 31/7/92

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Diplomatarium Norvegicum, vol. XIX (I), ed. A. Bugge, (Ordnance Survey, 1910), pp.458-9 (no.417) (edition of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), p.15 (list of petitions including this one)
  • 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), C 49, File 2, appendix, no. 32(vi) (full edition and translation)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209617/

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