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Details of SC 8/299/14902
Reference: SC 8/299/14902
Description:
Petitioners: ? No Petitioner named
Nature of request: Writ from Edward to Geoffrey le Scrope and his companions, justices, instructing them to do justice, according to the tenor of the Statute of Winchester, in the matter of Richard de Welleford and Geoffrey de Weston, merchants of London, in their case against the people of Longstow hundred, whom they accuse of allowing the malefactors who robbed them at a place named Potterscruch on the King's highway between Arrington and Caxton to escape.
Nature of endorsement: Further proceedings in this case, leading to a judgment that the merchants should have recovery of their goods according to the tenor of the Statute of Winchester, against the people of Longstow hundred.
Places mentioned: Winchester, [Hampshire]; London; Arrington, [Cambridgeshire]; Caxton, [Cambridgeshire]; Longstow hundred, [Cambridgeshire]; Potterscruch [unidentified], [Cambridgeshire]; Longstowe, [Cambridgeshire]; Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]; Salisbury, [Wiltshire].
People mentioned: Edward [III], King of England; Geoffrey le Scrope, justice; Edward [I], King of England; Richard de Welleford (Welford), merchant of London; Geoffrey de Weston, merchant of London; Nicholas Martyn, servant of Richard de Welleford and Geoffrey de Weston; Walter le Wodowe, servant of Richard de Welleford and Geoffrey de Weston; Mayor and Bailiffs of Cambridge; John de Notton, attorney of Richard de Welleford and Geoffrey de Weston; William Avenel, knight, of Longstow hundred; Ralph le Thresshere (Thresher); Kelm'.
Note: Writ dated 31 October 2 Edward III (1328). 'Potterscruch' is probably either a local name for part of Ermine Street, or a junction on that street, possibly with a Potter's or Porter's Way, common road names in this area.
Date: 1328
Related material:

For a related petition, see SC 8/299/14908

For a related inquisition, see SC 8/299/14907

For a related writ see SC 8/299/14906

For a related writ see SC 8/299/14905

For a related letter see SC 8/299/14904

For a related writ see SC 8/299/14903
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: Latin
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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