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Mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of the town of Southampton. King and council. The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8443

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SC 8/169/8443
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of the town of Southampton.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The mayor, bailiffs and commonality request remedy concerning the old wines that they were forced to take from the stock in Porchester Castle by the Despensers and others, and which they have been unable to sell despite incurring great costs, and they request that the treasurer and barons be commanded not to make execution on them.
Nature of endorsement
Let certain people be assigned in Chancery to enquire in the presence of Abingdon then butler of the king if he wishes, of the value of the wine at the time of its delivery to the petitioners, and whether they took the wine by force and against their will and of other matters concerning this, and when the inquisition has been taken and returned into Chancery let it be shown to the king so that he can say his will.
Places mentioned
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Porchester, [Hampshire]
Winchester, [Hampshire]
Ireland
Wales.
People mentioned
Hugh le Despenser, the son
Robert de Baldok (Baldock)
Robert de Holden
Stephen de Abynden (Abingdon), then butler of the king
Geoffrey Scrope.
Note
The petition is dated to 1327 as a commission held into the forced purchase of the wine was held on 1 April 1327 (CIM 1307-49, no.995).
Related material

For a very similar petition from many citizens of Salisbury, see SC 8/169/8437

For a related petition, see SC 8/157/7803

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.995 (commission finding that the petitioners had been forced to buy the wine)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294291/

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