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John Bridde, goldsmith of London and formerly searcher and controller in the port...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/231/11524

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SC 8/231/11524
Date
[1405]
Description
Petitioners
John Bridde, goldsmith of London and formerly searcher and controller in the port of London.
Name(s)
Bridde, John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
goldsmith of London
Nature of request
Bridde requests that he be pardoned for certain sums of money now demanded from him in the Exchequer which he owes from the time of Richard II for bonds and prests, and that he can have letters under the privy seal to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to discharge him of the sums.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
Gilbert Maghfeld, late customer of Richard II in the port of London
Hugh Sprot, late customer of Richard II in the port of London
John Waltham, late bishop of Salisbury.
Note
The petition is dated to 1405 as a writ of supersedeas was granted in the matter, though it is not entirely clear whether the issuing of the writ was in response to the petition or marked part of an earlier phase (CCR 1402-5, p.494).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 498.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1402-1405, (Public Record Office, 1929), p.494 (writ of supersedeas in the matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335083/

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