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William (Guillaume) Fouquire, labourer of Rouen. Fouquire William (Guillaume) Cardinal,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/262/13056

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Reference
SC 8/262/13056
Date
[1432-1436]
Description
Petitioners
William (Guillaume) Fouquire, labourer of Rouen.
Name(s)
Fouquire, William (Guillaume)
Addressees
Cardinal, Duke of Gloucester, and other members of the council.
Occupation
labourer of Rouen
Nature of request
William Fouquire states that in [? 1430], because he could not afford to support his wife and children, he came to an agreement with two merchants of England, John and Stephen Nicole, that three of his children, two boys and a girl, would go with them to serve them: the boys, Geoffrey and Gervaise, for the space of seven years, of which they were to be kept in school for two years, in compensation for which two years they would have the service of his daughter Jaquelot; and at the end of their periods of service the children would be returned to Rouen at the Nicoles' costs. After his wife's death, William came to look for the children, and found that the children had not been to school and that John Nicole had died, and that Stephen and John's wife wished to sell the children and would not give him them unless he paid 18 nobles for them. He requests justice, and that the children might be returned to him.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Rouen, [Normandy, France]
Brixham, [Devon]
Dartmouth, [Devon].
People mentioned
[Henry Beaufort], Cardinal [Bishop of Winchester]
[Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester
John Nicole (Lincoln), merchant of England
Stephen Nicole (Lincoln), merchant of England, son of John Nicole
Geoffrey (Geoffroi) [Fouquire], son of William Fouquire
Gervaise [Fouquire], son of William Fouquire
Jaquelot [Fouquire], daughter of William Fouquire.
Note
Select Cases before King's Council pp.118-120 dates this petition to 1432-6.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Select Cases before the King's Council, 1243-1482, Ed. I.S. Leadam and J.F. Baldwin, (Selden Society, vol. XXXV, 1918), pp.118-120 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517000/

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