Great Britain -- Economic conditions; Great Britain -- Social conditions
We, refusing to refrain longer from causing the aforesaid countess to be
provided with a remedy agreeable to right touching the recovery of her
goods aforesaid, command you that you cause to be arrested without delay
all goods and wares of the men and merchants of the power and lordship
of the said count of Flanders, except the goods and wares of the
burgesses and merchants of Ypres, which shall happen to be found within
your bailiwick, to the value of 200l. in part satisfaction of the said
2000l., and to be kept under such arrest safely and without detraction
or diminution, until you shall have other orders from us thereon; and
that you make known to us plainly and openly under your seals what goods
and of what sort you cause to be arrested on that account, and whose
they are, and also the value thereof, returning to us this writ. For we
have commanded the mayor and sheriffs of London to cause to be arrested
without delay and to be kept under such arrest, until full satisfaction
be made to the aforesaid countess of her said goods so carried off, the
goods and wares of the men and merchants of the power of the said count
within their bailiwick to the value of 1000l.; and the bailiffs of the
town of Great Yarmouth to cause the arrest of goods to the value of
300l.; and the bailiffs of the town of Ipswich to cause the arrest of
goods to the value of 300l.; and the bailiffs of the town of Lynn to
cause the arrest of goods to the value of the 200l. residue. Witness
myself at Westminster on the 24th day of April in the eighth year of our
reign.
To which writ answer was made that no goods or chattels of the power and
lordship of Robert, count of Flanders, were found in the fair of St.
Ives after this writ was delivered to us. Therefore nothing at present
has been done therein.
[Footnote 233: Printed in Selden Society Publications, Vol. 23, p. 93.]
28. GRANT OF LETTERS OF MARQUE AND REPRISALS [_Patent Roll_, 26 _Henry_
VI, _p. 1, m. 27_.], 1447.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account