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? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward II to the sheriffs of London ordering them to...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7508

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Reference
SC 8/151/7508
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of Edward II to the sheriffs of London ordering them to ascertain by the oaths of merchants and others, the damage that the mayor has sustained beyond the £100 without delay, and to tax for the same and send it to the king.
Nature of endorsement
The execution of this writ appears in the taxation annexed to it.
Places mentioned
London
Brabant
Sluis, [Netherlands]
Flanders
Hainault
Holland, [Netherlands]
Zeeland, [Netherlands]
Friesland
Cologne, [Germany]
Dortmund, [Germany]
Recklinghausen, [Germany]
Lubeck, [Germany]
Osnabruck, [Germany]
Munster, [Germany]
Greifswald, [Germany]
Sussalt (Soest), [Germany]
Hamburg, [Germany]
Alemain (Germany)
Winterton on Sea, Norfolk
Windsor, [Berkshire].
People mentioned
Edward II, King of England
William de Wydeslade, citizen and merchant of London
Laurence Pollesone
Count of Hainault
Count of Holland
Count of Zeeland
Richard Constantyn, sheriff of London
Richard de Hackenay (Hackney), sheriff of London.
Note
The writ dates with the petition to which it was formerly attached to 1327 (SC 8/151/7503). The writ is dated in its dating clause to 16 December 1320 (14 Edw. II).
Related material

For a related letter of attorney formerly attached with this writ see SC 8/151/7511

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

For the taxation produced in response to this writ see SC 8/151/7509

For the petition to which this writ was originally attached see SC 8/151/7503

For a related writ formerly attached with this writ see SC 8/151/7504

For a related petition see SC 8/151/7512

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209694/

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