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Bernard John, merchant of Bordeaux; Ellis Peres, merchant of Bordeaux; Geoffrey Sygyn,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/317/E257

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Reference
SC 8/317/E257
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Bernard John, merchant of Bordeaux; Ellis Peres, merchant of Bordeaux; Geoffrey Sygyn, merchant of Bordeaux; Arnold Morlan, merchant of Bordeaux; John de Fereres, merchant of Bordeaux; Raymond Arman, merchant of Bordeaux; William de la Font, merchant of Bordeaux.
Name(s)
John; Peres; Sygyn; Morlan; de Fereres; Arman; Font, Bernard; Ellis; Geoffrey; Arnold; John; Raymond; William
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of Bordeaux
Nature of request
The merchants request that they can be paid or have assignment in a place that is to their profit for wine taken from them or their attorneys at London and Sandwich in the 22 year of the reign by Columbiers as they have pursued payment but their case has been adjourned from parliament to parliament and they were told to come to London at the next parliament where they would be answered.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
London
Sandwich, [Kent].
People mentioned
Matthew de Columbers (Columbiers), late butler of the king.
Note
The petition is dated to 1305 as this and other petitions has been ascribed to the Lent parliament of 1305 by Maitland (Memoranda de Parliamento, p.321, and no.9, p.325).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), no.9, p.325 (full edition of petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1305, Lent parliament, appendix, Gascon petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded (note relating to this petition and referencing Memoranda de Parliamento)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529309/

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