John de Turvey, Peter de Rydreford (Rutherford), William de Stone, Walter de Stone,...

Petitioners

John de Turvey, Peter de Rydreford (Rutherford), William de Stone, Walter de Stone, brother of William de Stone, and other merchants and burgesses of Bruges.

Name(s)

de Turvey; de Rydreford (Rutherford); de Stone; de Stone, John; Peter; William; Walter

Addressees

King.

Occupation

merchants and burgesses of Bruges

Nature of request

The petitioners state that they were driven into Great Yarmouth by a storm, but that the people there, accusing them of being Scots, seized their ship and goods, took them to Blakeney and imprisoned them in their ship there, and opened their letters; and they are still holding their goods. And they took letters from Scotland from another ship, and showed them to the King to prove their point. They request the King's letter to the burgesses of Great Yarmouth to return their ship and goods to them, or, if he does not believe them, to have their goods put in safe-keeping until the burgesses of Bruges have sent letters attesting their identity.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Bruges, [Belgium]

Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]

Scotland

Blakeney, [Norfolk]

Flanders.

People mentioned

People of Great Yarmouth.

For a mandate to the Chancellor to take advice on this petition and to do what seems to be done, see no.1405 of C 81/150