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Daniel de Mar and Humphrey Pynel, merchants of Genoa. de Mar; Pynel Daniel; Humphrey...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6258

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Reference
SC 8/126/6258
Date
[c. 1383]
Description
Petitioners
Daniel de Mar and Humphrey Pynel, merchants of Genoa.
Name(s)
de Mar; Pynel, Daniel; Humphrey
Addressees
King, Lords and Commons of Parliament.
Occupation
merchants of Genoa
Nature of request
Mar and Pynel state that in May 1382, a ship of which Pynel's cousin was master, laden with wine, was sailing to Sluis in Flanders when it was seized and taken to Sandwich. The ship and goods were put under arrest by the Constable of Dover Castle, most of the sailors were killed, and two taken prisoner; one, Lesteven is in the keeping of Willesden, but the other is unknown. They state that they have not had remedy due to Scrope being ousted from office, and therefore ask that the King have regard for the friendship between England and the doge and people of Genoa, and remedy the matter, and summon Willesden before him with the prisoner.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Genoa, [Italy]
Sluis, [Netherlands]
Flanders
Sandwich, [Kent]
Dover, [Kent]
London.
People mentioned
Cosma Pynel of Genoa, cousin of the petitioner
Constable of Dover Castle
Francis de Lesteven of Genoa
Richard Willesden of London, chandler
Richard Scrope, Chancellor of England
Doge of Genoa.
Note
The events concerned took place in May 1382, while Richard, Lord Scrope, left office on 11 July 1382. Dated on the guard to? 1383-4, with reference to two other similar incidents (CCR 1381-5, pp.197-8, dated 14 February 1383 and recounting events off the Lancashire coast, and CPR 1381-5, pp.354-5, dated 6 November 1383 and concerning a similar action by the men of Rye). Both involve Mar and Pynel, and it seems highly likely that they prosecuted all these actions around the same time.
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For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/126/6257

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5530
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208432/

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