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Alexander de Rihill, merchant. de Rihill Alexander King and Council. merchant Alexander...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/310/15474

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Reference
SC 8/310/15474
Date
[c. 1333]
Description
Petitioners
Alexander de Rihill, merchant.
Name(s)
de Rihill, Alexander
Addressees
King and Council.
Occupation
merchant
Nature of request
Alexander de Ryhill requests deliverance from custody, stating that he was taken at Bamburgh and imprisoned by Potenhale on suspicion of complicity with the king's enemies. However, he has traded in Scotland, Flanders and Gascony only during times of peace, as can be confirmed by Emeldon and other good men of Newcastle.
Nature of endorsement
The mayor and [...] of the town should come before the Chancellor and make known whether or not he was a burgess of the town, and if it found that he is a burgess of the town and not an adherent of the Scottish enemies, then he should be delivered from prison.
Places mentioned
Bamburgh, [Northumberland]
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
Scotland
Flanders
Gascony, [France].
People mentioned
John de Potenhale
Richard de Emeldon, mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Note
Emeldon was mayor of Newcastle on numerous occasions between 1305 and his death, in office, at the battle of Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333. A related commission into the arrest of the petitioner was issued on 10 August 1333 (CIM 1307-49, p.336).
Related material

For a related commission, writ and inquisition see no.11 in C 145/124

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), p.68 (no.52) (edition and summary translation of petition, with references)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.336 (no.1375) (calendar of related documents)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682484/

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