Manent Fraunceis, merchant. Fraunceis Manent King and council. merchant Manent Fraunceis...

Petitioners

Manent Fraunceis, merchant.

Name(s)

Fraunceis, Manent

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

merchant

Nature of request

Manent Fraunceis states that he petitioned parliament requesting payment for a purveyance of wheat made to the King's father in France, of which he was robbed at sea by the Flemings. It was agreed that if he could prove that the robbery took place, then he should be paid; and he has proved this, as is returned in Chancery. But despite a writ of Chancery and three letters of the privy seal, the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer have not given him payment or assignment for this. He asks the King to order the Chancellor to give him letters attesting the value of the wheat, and writs to the Treasurer and Chamberlains to give him payment or an assignment.

Nature of endorsement

This petition, together with the inquisition, is to be sent to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, and, when they have examined the petition, the inquisition, the commands and all other evidence mentioned by the petition, they are to give him payment of the debt, so that he is reasonably served without delay, and no more complaints come to the King for this reason.[A previous endorsement has been deleted] This petition is to be sent to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, and the inquisition which has been sent to Chancery is to be sent there; and when they have examined the inquisitions, commands and other evidence mentioned by the petition, they are to have ordained for him to be served as reason demands.

Places mentioned

France

Flanders.

People mentioned

[Edward II], King of England.

For another petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/261/13021

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/211/10541

For a related petition see SC 8/293/14649

For a related document see SC 8/211/10540

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.32b (no.9) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.31-51, no.9 (summary of references)