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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Van Boyon, merchant and ship's master of Prussia, and William Gaunt of York,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4267
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/86/4267
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1454]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Van Boyon, merchant and ship's master of Prussia, and William Gaunt of York, merchant.
- Name(s)
- Van Boyon; Gaunt, John; William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant and ship's master of Prussia; merchant
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that on 18 July in the King's thirty-first year a ship they were taking with goods and merchandise from Gdansk to Kingston upon Hull was seized in the Humber and taken to Newcastle. They sued to Ralph Percy, Lieutenant of Berwick, Robert Werk and Richard Heryng, but could have no restitution of their ship without paying for an indenture, a copy of which is sewn to this petition, acquitting them of all actions, and without making an obligation that they would not sue in future: and nevertheless much of their goods and merchandise was stolen, and the malefactors who took the ship also assaulted and threatened to kill them. They then sued to the lords of the council, and the malefactors were arrested. A writ was sent to the Mayor of Newcastle to bring them before the council; but he could not be found to receive it, and the malefactors were allowed to go free. They ask that it should be ordained by authority of parliament that the Chancellor, on the advice of the justices, or two of them, might have power to hear and determine the matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The commons have assented to this bill.[On dorse] It is to be done as is desired.
- Places mentioned
- Prussia
- Gdansk, [Poland]
- York
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- River Humber
- Grimsby, [Lincolnshire]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John Marchall (Marshal) of Newcastle, ship's master
- John Sporyour (Spurrier) of Newcastle, ship's purser
- William Cutbert (Cuthbert), of Newcastle, ship's victualler
- William Bacon of Newcastle, ship's victualler
- John Ovyngton, ship's maintainer
- Ralph Percy, knight, Lieutenant of Berwick
- Robert Werk
- Richard Heryng
- [John Kempe] Cardinal, [Archbishop of Canterbury] and Chancellor of England
- [Richard Neville], Earl of Salisbury
- John Carlile (Carlisle), Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to 1454, with reference to parliament (February-April 1454) and to CPR 1452-61 p.174, which is dated 26 September 1453, and is the commission which led to the arrest of the malefactors, prior to their release by the Mayor of Newcastle.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 8332
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. VI, 1452-1461, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.174 (commission to arrest the malefactors and put their ship in safekeeping)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148809/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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