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Peter of Seint Fussien (St Fuiscien), merchant of Amiens. Seint Fussien (St Fuiscien)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11875

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Reference
SC 8/238/11875
Date
[1328]
Description
Petitioners
Peter of Seint Fussien (St Fuiscien), merchant of Amiens.
Name(s)
Seint Fussien (St Fuiscien), Peter
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of Amiens
Nature of request
Peter of Seint Fussien states that between the feast of St Peter and the beginning of August in the King's father's nineteenth year, Nicholas de Tunstalle, formerly bailiff of Shoreham, arrested woad belonging to Peter, because of the war between the King's father and the former King of France, and then sold it. He requests a writ to Nicholas to pay him the money raised by that sale, and another to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to cease demanding this sum from Nicholas.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Amiens, [France]
Shoreham, Sussex.
People mentioned
Nicholas de Tunstalle, formerly bailiff of Shoreham
Edward [II], King of England
Dennis de Giencourt, servant (valet) and merchant of Peter of Seint Fussien
[Charles IV], King of France.
Note
Apparently enclosed with no.1928 of C 81/155, which is dated 4 June, 2 Edward III (1328).CCR 1327-30 p.295 is dated 9 June 1328, and is clearly in response to this petition.CPR 1327-30 p.303 is also dated 4 June 1328.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/310/15456

For a mandate to the Chancellor to give the petitioner the appropriate letters under the great seal, see no.1928 of C 81/155

For another petition from the same petitioner probably enclosed with this one, see SC 8/193/9641

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.295 (order to Nicholas de Tunstalle to pay the petitioner for woad taken from him because of the war between England and France)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.303 (protection for a year for the petitioner and his men, coming to England)
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