(27.) Dodd ("The Rise of English," 127) gave examples, including a petition of 1427 (SC 8/125/6244), in which "marchauntes, possessours, maystres and marryners of pis
Rewme of Ingelonde" trading with Guyenne lobbied to have "a conuement [knowledgeable] and discrete man" appointed to the office of constable of Bordeaux.