John de Bydard (Bidard), master of the ship 'Seint Jak' of Bayonne, and the other...

Petitioners

John de Bydard (Bidard), master of the ship 'Seint Jak' of Bayonne, and the other mariners of the ship.

Name(s)

de Bydard (Bidard), John

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

master of the ship 'Seint Jak' of Bayonne; mariners of the ship

Nature of request

John de Bydard, master of the ship 'Seint Jak' of Bayonne, and the other mariners of the ship state that when their ship was in the port of Sandwich, John Boys, Hikeman de la Pole, and Michael Broun took from the ship its goods and merchandise, together with it gear and equipment, against their will. The King ordered Bartholomew de Burgherssh, Admiral of the Cinq Ports, to take these goods into his hands for a certain reason, and afterwards ordered him to restore them to them; but they have not yet received anything. They request a swift remedy.

Nature of endorsement

Bartholomew is to be ordered again to give them a swift remedy according to the command of our lord the King, or to explain the reason why he has not done so before now.

Places mentioned

Bayonne, [Gascony, France]

Sandwich, [Kent]

Dartmouth, [Devon].

People mentioned

John Boys, master of the 'Nief Dieu' of Dartmouth

Hikeman de la Pole, master of the 'La Rode Cogg'

Michael Broun (Brown), master of the 'Seint Nicholas' of Dartmouth

Bartholomew de Burgherssh (Burghersh), Admiral of the Cinque Ports.

For another petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/12/589

For transcript, see p.13 of PRO 31/7/123

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1337-1339, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.204 (order to de-arrest this ship and others and to return its equipment but not the merchandise) & p.220 (order to Bartholomew de Burgherssh to return the petitioners' goods) & p.275 (enrolment of deed by the petitioner and others, promising good behaviour and that they will harass the King's enemies)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.100b (no. 11) (full edition of later copy of original petition)