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John de Wycomb (Wycombe), merchant of Bristol; John le Spicer, merchant of Bristol....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12258

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Reference
SC 8/246/12258
Date
[1349]
Description
Petitioners
John de Wycomb (Wycombe), merchant of Bristol; John le Spicer, merchant of Bristol.
Name(s)
de Wycomb (Wycombe); Spicer, John; John
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
merchant of Bristol
Nature of request
Wycomb and Spicer request that letters under the privy seal be sent to the chancellor to send writs to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to cease their distraints on Spicer until the octave of Trinity, and that they will then discharge them of the sum if they can find that their ship did not break the arrest of the king on shipping and that the ship had been arrested by Montgomery to take Ingham to Gascony and was returning from there.
Nature of endorsement
He should have a writ to the treasurer and barons to cease their demand until the octave and enquire of the truth of the matter, and if it is found true then he should be discharged.
Places mentioned
Bristol
Cornwall
Brittanny, [France]
Gascony, [France]
Calais, [France].
People mentioned
Roger de Langeleigh (Langley), master of the ship called 'Dieuxlagard'
John de Mongomery (Montgomery), admiral [of the Western Fleet]
Oliver de Ingham, seneschal of Gascony.
Note
The petition dates to 1349 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 21 April 1349 [23 Edw. III] (C 81/337/20114). The order was issued to discharge Spicer on the same day (CCR 1349-54, p.76).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no. 20114 in C 81/337

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. IX, 1349-1354, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.76 (order to discharge Spicer and supersede the demand on him until further enquiry can be made)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439864/

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