Catalogue description Petitioners: ? No Petitioner named Nature of Request: Writ from Edward III to...

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Details of SC 8/299/14905
Reference: SC 8/299/14905
Description:
Petitioners: ? No Petitioner named
Nature of request: Writ from Edward III to the Sheriff and Coroners of Cambridgeshire, asking them to provide information on a robbery committed at Potterscruche in Longstow hundred against Richard de Welford and Geoffrey de Weston, merchants of London.
Nature of endorsement: The reply of Matthew de Bassyngburn, Sheriff, and Luke de Bure and Roger de Abyton, Coroners of Cambridgeshire:No indictment has been made before us concerning the robbery committed at Potterscruche in Longstow hundred against Richard de Welford and Geoffrey de Weston, merchants of London.
Places mentioned: Potterscruche [unidentified], Cambridgeshire; Longstow hundred, Cambridgeshire; London; Evesham, [Worcestershire].
People mentioned: Edward [III], King of England; Matthew de Bassyngburn (Bassingbourn), Sheriff of Cambridgeshire; Luke de Bure, Coroner of Cambridgeshire; Roger de Abyton (Abington), Coroner of Cambridgeshire; Richard de Welford, merchant of London; Geoffrey de Weston, merchant of London; Kelm'.
Note: Writ dated 25 June 2 Edward III (1328).Matthew de Bassyngburn was Sheriff of Cambridgeshire between 24 April 1327 and 11 August 1328 (List of Sheriffs). 'Potterscruche' 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 letter see SC 8/299/14904

For a related writ see SC 8/299/14903

For a related writ see SC 8/299/14902
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: Latin
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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