Henry Gare, merchant and citizen of Norwich. Gare Henry King and Council merchant...

Petitioners

Henry Gare, merchant and citizen of Norwich.

Name(s)

Gare, Henry

Addressees

King and Council

Occupation

merchant and citizen of Norwich

Nature of request

Henry Gare, merchant and citizen of Norwich, requests that the king issue letters to the bailiffs of Great Yarmouth or King's Lynn, ordering the seizure of goods belonging to Norwegian merchants, as compensation for goods seized from him at sea by people of that country. He states that he has asked the king of Norway to make restitution of these goods, but the king has done nothing, as shown by the testimonial letters sealed by the common seal of Norwich.

Nature of endorsement

It is attested by the chancellor that, when the people of any town attest by their seal by credible witnesses that a person has refused to obey the king's instructions, the king has arrested the goods of men of those parts to the same value etc. Therefore the complainant is to have a writ from chancery to arrest such goods, with a clause that nothing is to be removed without order from the council.

Places mentioned

Norwich, [Norfolk]

Norway

Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]

King's Lynn, [Norfolk]

People mentioned

[Haakon V], King of Norway.

For an earlier related petition see SC 8/276/13757

• Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), p.103 (full edition of petition, with Latin summary of related petition on parliament roll)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.200a (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), Vetus Codex 1307, appendix, no.77 (full edition and translation)