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

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.

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