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John de Derfeld (Darfield) of Lincoln, merchant of the staple. de Derfeld (Darfield)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16165

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This record is about the John de Derfeld (Darfield) of Lincoln, merchant of the staple. de Derfeld (Darfield)... dating from [c. 1345-c. 1370] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/343/16165
Date
[c. 1345-c. 1370]
Description
Petitioners
John de Derfeld (Darfield) of Lincoln, merchant of the staple.
Name(s)
de Derfeld (Darfield), John
Addressees
King and council of this present parliament.
Occupation
merchant of the staple
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damages and is missing considerable parts of its lower portions].Derfold, for himself and Bate states that he gave a plaint to the mayor and constables of the staple of Boston upon Nicholas Johan for a debt of £600 that he was bound to them in for his masters and companions jointly and severally to pay to them at a certain day now passed. The mayor, constables and company of the staple have, according to the usages, liberties and customs of the staple by virtue of which complaint have eight and nine sarplers of wool of Nicholas Johan as the petitioner and Bate are prepared to aver by all the loyal merchants of their pays were taken in Boston [...] to answer to the petitioner and Bate. And Francis Johan came into the court and claimed the wool as his, but by way of examination it was found to be Nicholas Johan's.[The remainder is incomplete but refers to the adjournment of the case, and the goods apparently being restored to Nicholas Johan].
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
Boston, [Lincolnshire]
Florence, [Italy].
People mentioned
John Bate, merchant of the staple, and companion of the petitioner
Mayor and constables of the staple of the town of Boston
Nicholas Johan, merchant of Florence
Francis Johan.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1345-c. 1370 on the basis of the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 1924).
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736646/

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