John de
Estratlingges acknowledges that he owes to Henry de
Podio and his fellows, merchants of the society of
the Ricardi of Lucca, 200L.; to be levied, in
default of payment, of his lands and chattels in
county Warwick.
For payment of this John found as sureties Gerard de
Wyppens, archdeacon of Richmond, and Walter de
Langeton, clerk, who constituted themselves
principal debtors, and granted that the money shall
be levied, in John’s default, of their lands and
chattels.
Memorandum, that this recognizance is cancelled
under the form contained in the appended schedule,
and that the king ordered this to be done, on the
information of J. de Benstede.
- February 3, 1293 - Weighton-
Memorandum, that whereas Sir John de Stradelinges
acknowledged in chancery before his death that he
owed to Henry de Podio, merchant of Lucca, and to
his fellows, merchants of the society of Ricardi of
Lucdca, 200L., and found as sureties Gerard de
Wispanis, then archdeacon of Richmond, and Walter de
Langeton, now bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and
the king afterwards took the debt into his hands
with other debts that were owing to the said
merchants in England for divers debts that were
owing to him from the merchants: the king, in
consideration of the good service rendered to him by
John, has remitted the debt to the executors of
John’s will and to his sureties aforesaid, at
Windsor, on Monday after the Purification, in the
thirty-first year of his reign, and he wills that
the recognisance shall be concelled, and that the
treasurer and barons of the exchequer shall be
ordered to allow the said sum to the merchants in
the debts due from them to the king when allowance
is made to them for their debts.
By King on the information of J. de Benstede.