Close Rolls, Henry IV: August 1400

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 1, 1399-1402. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1927.

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'Close Rolls, Henry IV: August 1400', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 1, 1399-1402, (London, 1927) pp. 87. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen4/vol1/p87b [accessed 24 March 2024]

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August 1400

Aug. 31.
Westminster.
To the collectors of the petty custom in the port of........ Order, upon petition of Lewis Gonsalyn merchant of Portugal, if assured that John Fogace servant of the king of Portugal pledged the same to Ralph Middelton citizen and mercer of London, and exposed them not for sale, without taking custom or subsidy thereupon to suffer the petitioner in that port to lade divers goods and chattels of the said king in a ship, namely seventeen woollen cloths and a half of the make of Flanders, four cloths of gold of Cipre, four couples of 'baudekyns,' seven pieces of 'velwet' and ten pieces of cloth of silver, and therewith to pass to that king, any former command of the king to the contrary notwithstanding; as his petition shews that he has contented the said Ralph of a sum of money for them, and the said Ralph has delivered them to him.