Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we’re still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Hugh de Wythom of Boston. de Wythom Hugh Council. Wythom requests that the king grant...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8169

What’s it about?

This record is about the Hugh de Wythom of Boston. de Wythom Hugh Council. Wythom requests that the king grant... dating from [1418] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.

Can I see it in person?

No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/164/8169
Date
[1418]
Description
Petitioners
Hugh de Wythom of Boston.
Name(s)
de Wythom, Hugh
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Wythom requests that the king grant a writ to the bailiffs of Boston directing them to arrest the ships of Court and Rode of Kampen and detain them until full restitution has been made to him for his ship called Gabriel which, having lately been in Prussia, was arrested without cause by certain men of Kampen where it remained for over seven weeks until Wythom's attorneys and deputies in it paid the men of Campe for its delivery, costing Wythom more than £300, because of which the ship had to return to Boston. On the way to Boston the ship was driven by tempest onto a rock in Norway and wrecked.
Nature of endorsement
On 15 November 1418 it was agreed by the council that a commission under the great seal would be addressed to Robert Tirwyt and William Luddington, justices, to have the parties appear before them and to duly examine the matter of the petition and do justice to the parties and to inform the king's council of their actions in this matter.
Places mentioned
Boston, [Lincolnshire]
Prussia
Campe (Kampen), [Netherlands]
Norway.
People mentioned
Grote Court
John Rode of Kampen
Robert Tirwyt (Tirwhit), justice
William Ludyngton (Luddington), justice.
Note
The endorsement is dated 15 November 1418. CPR 1416-22, p. 205 is a 1418 commission to Robert Tirwyt and William Luddington, justices, in accordance with the petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Bronnen Tot de Geschiedenis van den Handel met Engelond, Schotland en Ierland, vol. I, ed. H.J. Smit, (Chetham Society, Vol. X, 1928), pp.591-2 (edition of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.205 (commission to Robert Tirwyt and William Luddington in accordance with endorsement)
  • Select Cases before the King's Council, 1243-1482, Ed. I.S. Leadam and J.F. Baldwin, (Selden Society, vol. XXXV, 1918), p.95 (edition of petition, mistakenly referenced as SC 8/164/8167)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294014/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

51 records

Within the piece: SC 8/164

8151-8200. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/164/8169

Hugh de Wythom of Boston. de Wythom Hugh Council. Wythom requests that the king grant...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.