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Raymond D'Espian of Bayonne. D'Espian Raymond King and council. D'Espian, who the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15534

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Reference
SC 8/311/15534
Date
[c. 1328]
Description
Petitioners
Raymond D'Espian of Bayonne.
Name(s)
D'Espian, Raymond
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
D'Espian, who the King's father made keeper of a ship which the King in the 1st year of his reign gave to Roper and Gill, requests that he be paid his costs and the wages of his mariners, amounting to over 200 marks, and that he be granted 12d daily for his good service to the King's father.1)
Nature of endorsement
It seems to the council that the 12d should be granted on the bailiwick mentioned within when it comes into the King's hand.2) Before the King.
Places mentioned
Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
London
Isle d'Oleron, [Saintonge, France].
People mentioned
[Edward II], King of England
Robert le Roper of London
Alan Gille (Gill) of London.
Note
The petition dates to 1328 or later since the petition refers to events of 1327.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/72/3565

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. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.186 (order to deliver ship to Roper, Gill and another) & p.545 (request involving a ship of which petitioner was master)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682544/

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