William de Lutton, Roger le Viroler, William le Fuller, Peter de Blakenay (Blakeney),...

Petitioners

William de Lutton, Roger le Viroler, William le Fuller, Peter de Blakenay (Blakeney), William de Kent, Richard de Wandelesworth (Wandsworth), Henry de Arderne, and Robert Persone, citizens of London.

Name(s)

de Lutton; Viroler; Fuller; de Blakenay (Blakeney); de Kent; de Wandelesworth (Wandsworth); de Arderne; Persone, William; Roger; William; Peter; William; Richard; Henry; Robert

Addressees

King.

Occupation

citizens of London

Nature of request

The petitioners state that the community of London was obliged by its letters patent to certain burgesses of Ghent for 730 marks sterling for King Henry, and that the late King Edward has this sum shared out between certain merchants of England whose goods were seized in Flanders, by an agreement between himself and Guy, Count of Flanders, but that they were arrested and imprisoned in Flanders and their goods taken because of this letter. The King and his father have often written to the Count of Flanders and to the people of Ghent to redress this wrong, but they have not done so. They request a remedy by means of reprisal against the people of Flanders.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

London

Ghent, [Belgium]

Flanders.

People mentioned

Henry [III], King of England

Edward [I], King of England

Guy [de Dampierre], Count of Flanders

[Robert III de Bethune], Count of Flanders.

For a letter of Edward I to the officials of Ghent on this matter see no.49 in SC 1/13

For the response of the people of Ghent see no 20 in SC 1/18

For a related petition, see SC 8/121/6003

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), pp.555-556 (calendar of an earlier letter to the officials of Ghent on this matter (SC 1/13/49))
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), pp.46-47 (calendar of a letter of Edward II to the Count of Flanders on this matter)