Bartholomew de Welle, burgess of Lynn. de Welle Bartholomew King and council. burgess...

Petitioners

Bartholomew de Welle, burgess of Lynn.

Name(s)

de Welle, Bartholomew

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

burgess of Lynn

Nature of request

Bartholomew de Welle, burgess of Lynn, states that while his ship was anchored at Oleron, in a place called Paleis de Reith, one John le Clerc of Gosford, twice came and removed its anchor and cables, so that it and the wine it contained perished. He impleaded John on this matter before Richard de Welleford, Sheriff of London, and the inquisition found in his favour, but Richard refused to give judgment, and finally had it entered in the roll of the Guildhall that John was to go without a day, and that Bartholomew was to be amerced for nonsuit. Bartholomew brought a writ to the Mayor of London on this, but he did nothing. He requests justices to convict this malice and deceit.

Nature of endorsement

He is to go to Chancery and justices are to be assigned to him there to hear and determine at St Martin le Grand in London etc.

Places mentioned

King's Lynn, [Norfolk]

Ile d'Oleron, [France]

Paleis de Reith (La Pallice), [France]

Gosford, [Oxfordshire]

La Rochelle, [France]

Brittany, [France]

France

London

St Martin le Grand, London.

People mentioned

John le Clerc of Gosford

Richard de Welleford, Sheriff of London

[Edward I], King of England.

For transcript, see no.105 of PRO 31/7/96

• Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.57-58 (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
• 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 August 1312, SC 9/17, item 6 (edition and translation of Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)