Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1343 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 6, 1341-1343. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1902.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1343', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 6, 1341-1343, (London, 1902) pp. 617-618. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol6/pp617-618 [accessed 19 April 2024]

January 1343



Jan. 3. Winchester.	To the bailiffs of Queen Isabella of the town of Southampton. Order as at another time to dearrest Ralph Crespel, merchant, and his fellows, with their ship and the victuals therein, without delay, and to permit them to dispose of the said ship and victuals for their own benefit, notwithstanding the proclamation forbidding the taking of victuals from the island of Jerseye, as Ralph and his fellows, who lately laded a ship of the said island with 3,000 and a half of herring and 200 and a half of conger, have been arrested by the king's bailiffs at Southampton together with the victuals, and delivered to the queen's bailiffs, and they are not of other parts warring against the king, as has been testified before the king and his council by trustworthy persons. By C.
Jan. 8. Winchester.	To the mayor and bailiffs of Southampton and to the collectors of customs there. Order to receive from Peter de Burdeg[alia] and his fellows, merchants of Bayonne, the custom due for the merchandise which they wish to sell in that town, and to permit them to go freely to any part of the realm with the ship and the remainder of their merchandise, which they do not wish to sell there, without exacting any custom therefor, as the said merchants have besought the king to provide a remedy, as they caused a ship called 'la Nicholas of Milbrok,' in which Fortenarius de Lescune and Bernard de Bearn set out from the realm to Gascony in the king's service, to be laded with merchandise of fine goods (de averio ponderis) at Bayonne, to be taken to England, and they touched with that ship at the port of Sandwich and they are ready to pay the custom due on the merchandise which they expose for sale there, but the mayor, bailiffs and collectors exact the custom for that and for the other merchandise remaining in the ship, and will not permit them to cross from the port with the ship and the remaining merchandise, before they have paid the custom on all the merchandise. By C.