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Consuls of Villeneuve. King and council. The consuls of Villeneuve request justice...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/279/13938

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Reference
SC 8/279/13938
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
Consuls of Villeneuve.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The consuls of Villeneuve request justice and remedy for the merchants of the duchy of Aquitaine in England, who claim that they were unduly oppressed by Abingdon who took much of their wine at a much lower price than it was worth and caused it to be taken outside the realm of England, and oppressed them in other ways. Given at Villeneuve on Ash Wednesday 1317 [1318].
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Villeneuve, [Guyenne, France]
Agen diocese, [France]
Aquitaine, [France].
People mentioned
Stephen de Abindona (Abingdon), butler.
Note
Dated internally to Ash Wednesday (7 March) 1318.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition from a neighbouring vill see SC 8/279/13924

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Royal letters 4284.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517886/

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