Receipt of the ransom of a Knight of Burgundy, by a citizen of London, on behalf of an English Knight (1356)

Know all persons who these letters shall see or hear, that I, Simon de Worsted, mercer and citizen of London, do acknowledge that I have received, the day of the making hereof, in the name and behalf of Messire William de Welesby, Knight, of England, from Messire Thomas de Voudenay, Knight, of the Duchy of Burgundy, by the hands of Turel Gauscoin, merchant of Lucca, 300 golden florins of Florence, and a goblet with covercle, of silver, and a ring of gold without stone; in the which the said Messire Thomas was bound unto the said Messire William for his ransom, from the time that he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Poitiers, where the King of France was taken.  In the which 300 florins of gold, goblet with covercle, of silver, and ring of gold, and of his said ransom, I do, by these my letters, for ever acquit.  In witness of the truth whereof, to these letters I have set my seal, in the presence of Henry Pykard, Mayor of the City of London, Thomas Dolsely and Richard de Notyngham, Sheriffs of London, and Roger de Depham, Recorder of the same of the city, witnesses hereunto, especially called and required.  Given at London, in England, on the Eve of Christmas, in the year of Grace, 1356

Originally from the City of London Letter Book G, folio 58 in Norman French.

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