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Paul Odbek, merchant of Bruges. Odbek Paul King and council. merchant of Bruges Paul...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/911

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Reference
SC 8/19/911
Date
[? 1378]
Description
Petitioners
Paul Odbek, merchant of Bruges.
Name(s)
Odbek, Paul
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of Bruges
Nature of request
Paul Odbek claims to have freighted a ship in Spain at Portugal, of which Jacob de Bath was master, to go to Bristol with wine. The ship was lost at sea at Hugorod, and the master renounced his freight, as because of the storm he could not keep his agreement; nevertheless it seems to have come ashore at Caerleon, in the Earl of March's lordship, and Paul was able to save twenty tuns of wine, which he carried to Bristol at his own expense. Later, one Ellis Spelly bought the ship without any freight, has seized the wine for the freight, and is over-charging for this and allowing nothing for the expenses occasioned by the storm. Paul requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
This bill is to be sent to Chancery, and there, when those who are to be called have been called, right and justice are to be done.
Places mentioned
Bruges, [Belgium]
Spain
Portugal
Bristol
Hugorod [unidentified]
Kerlyons (Caerleon), [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Wales.
People mentioned
Jacob de Bath, ship's master
Earl of March
Ellis Spelly.
Note
This is dated to 1378-9 by the details given in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.175, where it is noted as 'petitions in parliament' from 2 Richard II, taken from the originals. Specifically, the petitions on pp.50-54 are assigned to the parliament held at Gloucester on the Wednesday after the feast of St Luke, 2 Richard II (1378), while those on pp.69-70 are ascribed to the parliament held at Westminster at the quinzaine of Easter (1379).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6328
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.54b (no.15) (full edition of original document)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061064/

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