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John de Osyoun (Ossignhon), merchant of Bazas. de Osyoun (Ossignhon) John King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14723

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Reference
SC 8/295/14723
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
John de Osyoun (Ossignhon), merchant of Bazas.
Name(s)
de Osyoun (Ossignhon), John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of Bazas
Nature of request
John de Osyoun, merchant of Bazas, states that Walter de Waldesshef, formerly the king's butler, seized twenty-four tuns of his wine in the king's name in Ipswich, five years ago at the next mid Lent. At the request of Roger de Winkefeld, he allowed John to sell twelve of these, but kept the other twelve until twenty days after Michaelmas; and John could not have deliverance of them, or permission to sell them, so that he could only get 1 mark a tun for them, whereas he would initially have got 7. He requests a remedy and justice for his damages.
Nature of endorsement
He is to have a writ under the great seal to have the aforesaid Walter come before the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, to answer concerning the contents of the petition, because the aforesaid Walter [was] a minister of the king [etc.]
Places mentioned
Bazas, [Guyenne, France]
Gipewiz (Ipswich), [Suffolk].
People mentioned
Walter de Waldesshef, king's butler
Roger de Winkefeld.
Note
A Latin summary of this petition is found on a roll of petitions from the parliament of October 1318 (Docs. Illus. English History p.29).
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/281/14000

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.29 (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735888/

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