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William de Wydeslade, merchant of London. de Wydeslade William King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7503

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Reference
SC 8/151/7503
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
William de Wydeslade, merchant of London.
Name(s)
de Wydeslade, William
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of London
Nature of request
Wydeslade requests a writ commanding the levying of the sum adjudged to him in the last parliament at Westminster against the merchants of Germany on their goods wherever they can be found in the realm, as goods seized for this purpose at Boston were delivered back to the merchants by their deceit and bribery.1)
Nature of endorsement
The petition is ordered into Chancery, and there the process made earlier in parliament is to be viewed as well as the process after this in Chancery, and let justice be done.2) Afterwards Wydeslade came into Chancery and requested execution of the arrest and he was told to sue writs against the merchants if he considers it expedient that they be in Chancery at the octave of Holy Trinity to what they have for them, or to say why the execution against them should not be executed.
Places mentioned
London
Westminster
Lincolnshire
Boston, [Lincolnshire]
Almayne (Germany)
Lubeck, [Germany]
Herberd (Herford), [Germany]
Magdeberg, [Germany]
Nidderdale, [North Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Alexander de Coloun (Cologne), merchant of Almayne
Henry de Cume of Lubeck, merchant of Almayne
Herman Brune of Herford, merchant of Almayne
Make de Tydener of Magdeburg, merchant of Almayne
Hugh le Despenser, the son
Robert de Baldok, then chancellor.
Note
The petition clearly dates to 1327 as the second response refers to the petitioner coming into Chancery on Monday next after the feast of St Dunstan, 1 Edw. III (25 May 1327), and as the petition refers to Baldok as being the former chancellor, it is clear this petition dates to early 1327.
Related material

For a relate writ, see SC 8/147/7328

For a related taxation see SC 8/151/7509

For a related letter of attorney see SC 8/151/7511

For a related petition see SC 8/151/7512

For a related writ see SC 8/151/7507

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209689/

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