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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Raphael Teste, master of a carrack of Genoa, Peter Camele, merchant of Genoa, and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/144/7174
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/144/7174
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1410]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Raphael Teste, master of a carrack of Genoa, Peter Camele, merchant of Genoa, and other merchants of Genoa.
- Name(s)
- Teste; Camele, Raphael; Peter
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- master of a carrack of Genoa; merchant of Genoa; merchants of Genoa
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that the King had graciously ordered restitution of their ship and merchandise, taken from them at Milford Haven, by ships from Bristol, and that this ship, and some of the merchandise, had been seized by John Michel, King's serjeant, and held under safe-keeping at Bristol, but that most of the merchandise had been secretly removed and stolen by people of Bristol and the surrounding countryside. They request the King's commission to John Michel and to another serjeant to inquire into where these goods are, and to seize them if found and deliver them to the petitioners; and to arrest all those withholding these goods and to bring them before the King. They also request writs to the Mayor and Sheriffs of Bristol, ordering them to aid this inquiry, and telling them, and the people of the country, to make full restitution to the petitioners for their ship and goods, and commending the petitioners and the inquiry, and asking them not to allow any harm or damage to be done to them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Genoa, [Italy]
- London
- Milford Haven, [Pembrokeshire], Wales
- Bristol.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas de Berkeley], Lord Berkeley
- John Greyndor, knight
- John Michel, King's serjeant.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No.6399 of C 81/646 is dated 21 January, 11 Henry IV (1410), and is clearly the response to this petition. CPR 1408-13 p.310 is dated 12 November 1410. CPR 1408-13 p.175 is dated 10 November 1409 and pp.178-9 is dated 24 January 1410.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a warrant to the Keeper of the Great Seal, ordering the necessary writs and letters for restitution to be made to the petitioners, see no.6399 of C 81/646
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- French
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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 IV, vol. IV, 1408-1413, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.175 (commission to John Michel and Francis Court to take the carrack and its contents into safe-keeping, to inquire into the matter, and to make restitution) & pp.178-9 (commission to Michel to inquire into the complaint of an individual merchant) & p.310 (commission of inquiry into this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209355/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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