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Geoffrey le Lacer, merchant and citizen of London. Lacer Geoffrey King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14719

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SC 8/295/14719
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Geoffrey le Lacer, merchant and citizen of London.
Name(s)
Lacer, Geoffrey
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant and citizen of London
Nature of request
Geoffrey le Lacer states that in the time of King Edward, the king's father, he was robbed of his merchandise in Bologna in Lombardy to the value of £1500 of Bologna, which is £125 sterling. He has since sued for recovery, and the Mayor and community of London asked the king's father for a remedy. The king wrote to request restitution, but he received nothing except £200 of Bologna. He asks that arrest might be ordered against the people mentioned here, until he has recovered his losses together with his expenses and damages, or that some other suitable remedy might be ordained.
Nature of endorsement
This petition is to be delivered to Chancery, and the letters that the said Geoffrey le Lacer claims to have, attesting the robbery of the things mentioned here, and that he has been denied justice in his suit for recovery of his damages, are to be examined there, and on this a swift remedy is to be ordained for him in Chancery, according to the law in use in such a case.
Places mentioned
London
Bologna, Lombardy, [Italy].
People mentioned
[Edward II], King of England
Mayor and community of London.
Note
A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on a roll of petitions from 1327 (Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined. pp.166-8). CCR 1327-30 p.41 is dated 14 March 1327, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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.41 (orders for arrest on behalf of the petitioner)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.166-8 (full edition of petition and of Latin summary on parliament roll)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.437b (no.67) (English summary of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735882/

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