Raphael Teste, master of a carrack of Genoa, Peter Camele, merchant of Genoa, and...

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.

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