Merchant vintners of Gascony. King and council. Merchant vintners of Gascony The...

Petitioners

Merchant vintners of Gascony.

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

Merchant vintners of Gascony

Nature of request

The merchant vintners of Gascony state that they have been granted by charter of the king's grandfather, confirmed by his father and by him, that they might travel safely to the realm of England and sell their wines in gross there, within cities and burghs and elsewhere, and they granted the king in exchange 2s. of customs on every tun. They have been obstructed by the people of London, who have prevented them selling their wines to anyone except the Londoners. The king sent a sergeant with a writ ordering them to cease this, but the Mayor and Sheriffs, at the instigation of certain vintners of London, have refused to do so. They request such a remedy that they might sell their wines according to the purport of their charter, or that they might be discharged of their customs: as the king currently loses £300 and more of customs in London each year, since they now take their wines abroad.

Nature of endorsement

Because this business seems difficult, it is to be determined before the great council.

Places mentioned

Gascony, [France]

London.

People mentioned

[Edward I], King of England

[Edward II], King of England

Mayor and Sheriffs of London

vintners of London.

For a transcript, see no.66 of PRO 31/7/104

• Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.306 (inspeximus and confirmation of the charter mentioned here)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.120 (protection for one year for merchant vintners of Gascony)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.391a (no.73) (full edition of original petition)