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William de Widdeslade, merchant and citizen of London. de Widdeslade William King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/193/9604

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Reference
SC 8/193/9604
Date
[1316]
Description
Petitioners
William de Widdeslade, merchant and citizen of London.
Name(s)
de Widdeslade, William
Addressees
King.
Occupation
merchant and citizen of London
Nature of request
William de Widdeslade states that a ship of his, travelling with spices and other victuals from Sluis in Flanders to England, was robbed off the coast near Yarmouth by malefactors from Germany, Zeeland and Friesland; and that they have withheld these victuals and satisfaction has not been given to him, as was attested by the people of London by their letters presented to the last parliament at Lincoln. Arrest was ordered on the goods of merchants of these parts, but it, like all the arrests in the realm, it has been halted until Michaelmas. He asks that orders might be given to continue with this arrest.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
Sluis, [Netherlands]
Flanders
Almaine (Germany)
Zeeland
Friesland
Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
Note
This petition was apparently formerly enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.443, which is dated to 3 July 1316. This would agree with the reference to the last parliament at Lincoln, which would be that of January 1316.
Related material

For a related taxation see SC 8/151/7509

For a related writ, see SC 8/147/7328

For a related letter of attorney see SC 8/151/7511

For a related petition see SC 8/7/316

For a related writ see SC 8/151/7504

For a related petition, see SC 8/151/7503

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.443 (instructions to examine this petition and to despatch this business swiftly)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295489/

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