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Bernard Guillaum, merchant of Bordeaux; William Deirak, merchant of Bordeaux; Peter...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7799

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Reference
SC 8/156/7799
Date
[1342]
Description
Petitioners
Bernard Guillaum, merchant of Bordeaux; William Deirak, merchant of Bordeaux; Peter Deirak, merchant of Bordeaux; John de Oxenford, merchant of London; Henry le Paneter, burgess of London.2) Bernard Guilliam de Bruges, citizen of Bordeaux.
Name(s)
Guillaum; Deirak; Deirak; de Oxenford; Paneter; Guilliam, Bernard; William; Peter; John; Henry; Bernard
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of Bordeaux; merchant of London; burgess of London; citizen of Bordeaux
Nature of request
1) The merchants request that it be ordained how they are able to have delivery of their gold coins taken by the seneschal of Saintonge and Angouleme.2) Guillaum requests that he be quit of the wine custom for ten or twelve years, and that he have a writ for the acquittance from the date of the patent, he having a previous grant at the king's will.1)
Nature of endorsement
Concerning the first let it be written to the seneschal that he . . . restore . . ., and if he does not wish to that he . . .2) Concerning the second, he should have it for three years on condition that he restore the letters that he has of the will of the king, and let it be done after the date of the first grant.
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
London
Saintonge, [France]
Angouleme, [France]
Pons, [Saintonge, France]
Gascony, [France].
People mentioned
Jordan de Lukliart, seneschal of Saintonge and Angouleme
Peter Bower, merchant of Pons.
Note
The petition can be dated to 1342 on the basis of the warrant relating to the second part of the petition which is dated to 4 June 1342 (16 Ed. III), and by a grant to Guillaum of an acquittance from customs for three years for his service to the king in the Gascon wars that dates to 3 June 16 Edw. III (C 81/284/14819; C 61/54 m.24).
Related material

For a related entry see m.24 in C 61/54

For the warrant relating to the second part of this petition in which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.14819 in C 81/284

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/C9209991/

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