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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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This record is about the John de Wycomb (Wycombe), merchant of Bristol; John le Spicer, merchant of Bristol.... dating from [1349] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/246/12258
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1349]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no. 20114 in C 81/337
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439864/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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