Henry de Oreford (Orford), burgess and merchant of Ipswich. de Oreford (Orford) Henry...

Petitioners

Henry de Oreford (Orford), burgess and merchant of Ipswich.

Name(s)

de Oreford (Orford), Henry

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

merchant of Ipswich

Nature of request

Henry de Oreford states that when John de Hastinges was Seneschal of Gascony, he sued an arrest against the people of Brittany coming with their goods to the Duchy of Guyenne, for damages done to him by people of the power of the Duke of Brittany, and this was put into execution at Bordeaux and elsewhere. Then it was decided for various reasons by the King's council in those parts that the arrest would be put into respite for a certain time, during discussions with the Bretons. This time has now passed and no satisfaction has been given to him. He requests a remedy, so that he can have recovery according to the purport of his letters of marque.

Nature of endorsement

The Seneschal of Gascony is to be ordered, with an iteration of the letters of marque and of the orders given on this to the Seneschal of Gascony and others in authority in those parts at the time, to give him justice and a suitable remedy.

Places mentioned

Ipswich, [Suffolk]

Gascony, [France]

Brittany, [France]

Guyenne, [France]

Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].

People mentioned

John de Hastinges (Hastings), Seneschal of Gascony

Duke of Brittany

Jordan Moraunt, Constable of Bordeaux

Domenjon de Runcesvaus (Roncesvalles).

For another petition on the same matter from the same petitioner see SC 8/132/6564

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/241/12028

For another petition from the same petitioner see no. 4860 in C 81/106

• Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.493 (mandate to ordain a remedy for the petitioner)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), pp.566-567 (request to the Duke of Brittany to give satisfaction to the petitioner) & p.617 (memorandum of receipt of moneys for these letters of marque)