? No Petitioner named Writ of scire facias of Richard II to the sheriffs of London...

Petitioners

? No Petitioner named

Nature of request

Writ of scire facias of Richard II to the sheriffs of London ordering that they make it known to Haukyn and Horsman that they should be in Chancery on the octave of St Hillary next to answer to the King and Profit so that justice can be done. At the last parliament Profit presented a petition claiming that Manfeld, Paris, Haukyn and Horsman, lately appointed to safe-keep the sea from the King's enemies from Winchelsea to Berwick, were in default of their safe-keeping, since his ship, laden at Scarborough with salted herring and other merchandises worth £40 to go to London, was washed up on sand and the herring and other merchandises lost, despite their assurance that the sea was safe from the King's enemies. The King issued a writ of scire facias to the sheriff of Middlesex to make it known to Manfeld, Paris, Haukyn and Horsman that they should be in Chancery on a certain day now past to answer in this matter, but he returned that they were not found nor had anything in his bailiwick. Profit, appearing before us on that day, claimed that they had enough in London by which they could be punished. We then ordered you to make it known to Manfeld, Paris, Haukyn and Horsman that they should be in Chancery on Monday, the day after St Lucy to answer in this matter, and you returned that you had made it known to Manfeld and Paris but that Haukyn and Horsman have nothing in your bailiwick nor were found there.

Nature of endorsement

Response of the sheriffs of London: Haukyn and Horsman were not found in our bailiwick, nor do they have anything there by which they can be cited.

Places mentioned

London

Westminster

Winchelsea, [Sussex]

Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]

Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]

Middlesex.

People mentioned

Richard II, King of England

John Profit, citizen and merchant of London

Gilbert Manfeld (Manfield), merchant

Robert Parys (Paris), merchant

John Haukyn, mariner

Thomas Horsman (Horseman), mariner

[John de] Burton

John More, sheriff of London

Simon Wynchecombe (Winchcombe), sheriff of London

Sheriffs of London.

For a related petition see SC 8/84/4190

For a related document see SC 8/214/10706

For a related writ see SC 8/214/10693

For a writ mentioned in this writ see SC 8/214/10705

For the petition mentioned in this writ see SC 8/214/10697