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William de Litton, citizen and merchant of London; Robert Persona, citizen and merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13504
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/271/13504
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Litton, citizen and merchant of London; Robert Persona, citizen and merchant of London; Roger le Viroler, citizen and merchant of London; William le Fullerre (Fuller), citizen and merchant of London; Richard de Wendlesworth (Wandsworth), citizen and merchant of London; Henry Dardern (Ardern), citizen and merchant of London; William de Kent, citizen and merchant of London Hugh Pourte, citizen and merchant of London; John Gombard, citizen and merchant of London; Peter de Blakeneye (Blakeney), citizen and merchant of London.
- Name(s)
- de Litton; Persona; Viroler; Fullerre (Fuller); de Wendlesworth (Wandsworth); Dardern (Ardern); de Kent; Pourte; Gombard; de Blakeneye (Blakeney), William; Robert; Roger; William; Richard; Henry; William; Hugh; John; Peter
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant of London
- Nature of request
- The citizens and merchants request that the king will grant them reprisal of those of Ghent for the citizens of London and their goods that they seized concerning a debt that they claim the citizens and merchants owe them, and for their inadequate answers to the king's letters. The commonalty of London were bound to pay a certain sum to the burgesses of Ghent for King Henry III but the burgesses had assignment by agreement made between the count and countess of Flanders and Edward I, but have seized merchants of London and their goods despite this.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ of chancery is ordered to be sent to the echevins and consuls of Ghent to enquire into the arrest of the goods and to do remedy.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Ghent, [Belgium].
- People mentioned
- Burgesses of Ghent
- Margaret, Countess of Flanders
- Guy, Count of Flanders
- Bailiffs and echevins of Ghent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1305 in accordance with the dating of SC 8/271/13503 with which it was probably enclosed.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see fols.87-8 of PRO 31/7/93
For a related letter of Edward I to the bailiffs and echevins of Ghent, see no.49 in SC 1/13
For a related document, see SC 8/313/E46
For a petition of the citizens of London on the same matter, see SC 8/121/6004
For a letter from the bailiifs, echevins and consuls in reply to the king's letters, see no.20 in SC 1/18
For a letter of the consuls of Ghent on the same matter, see SC 8/271/13503
For a petition from certain merchants of London on the same matter, see SC 8/121/6003
For a petition by certain citizens of London on the same matter, see SC 8/193/9650
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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 I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), pp.555-6 (letter of Edward I to the mayor, bailiffs and echevins of Ghent concerning their arrest of English merchants and their goods as part of the escalation of the dispute between the count of Flanders and the king)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517451/
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