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Walter de Chirytone (Chiriton), merchant and citizen of London. de Chirytone (Chiriton)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/303/15116

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Reference
SC 8/303/15116
Date
[1348]
Description
Petitioners
Walter de Chirytone (Chiriton), merchant and citizen of London.
Name(s)
de Chirytone (Chiriton), Walter
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
merchant
Nature of request
Chirytone requests that whereas Lucy sued a writ of trespass against Missok concerning imported goods, while he was attending to the King's business to which Chirytone assigned him, that a writ of supersedeas be directed to the sheriff of Oxfordshire until the quinzaine of Easter next on which day Missok will answer to Lucy.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
London
Deddington, Oxfordshire.
People mentioned
[John Offord], Chancellor
Robert Missok, King's servant
Lucy [de Somerton], widow of Walter de Somerton
Walter de Somerton of Deddington
John Malewayn (Malwayn), merchant and citizen of London.
Note
The petition dates to 1348 when a writ of supersedeas was granted in accordance with this petition (CCR 1346-9, p. 503).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1346-1349, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.503 (writ of supersedeas in accordance with petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528863/

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