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Balthasar Lumbard (Lombard), Merchant of Florence. Lumbard (Lombard) Balthasar King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9161

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Reference
SC 8/184/9161
Date
[1385]
Description
Petitioners
Balthasar Lumbard (Lombard), Merchant of Florence.
Name(s)
Lumbard (Lombard), Balthasar
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Merchant of Florence
Nature of request
Balthasar Lumbard requests that a commission be issued to the mayors and sheriffs of King's Lynn, Norwich and Great Yarmouth, ordering them to enquire into any sums owed to Prioore. They should arrest all goods relating to any such debts, and Prioore himself if they find him, and hold them until all sums owed to Lumbard are recovered, as he owes the money to the Queen.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Florence, [Italy]
King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
Norwich, [Norfolk]
Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
[Anne of Bohemia], Queen of England
John Prioore (Priore), merchant of Florence.
Note
The requested commission of enquiry was issued on 2 March 1385.
Related material

For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.64 of C 81/1344

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.593-4 (requested commission of enquiry)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295038/

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