Andrew de Camp, merchant of Almaine, and John de Catlonde; John de Lubek (Lubeck),...

Petitioners

Andrew de Camp, merchant of Almaine, and John de Catlonde; John de Lubek (Lubeck), merchant of the King of Almaine.

Name(s)

de Camp; de Catlonde; de Lubek (Lubeck), Andrew; John; John

Addressees

King.

Occupation

merchant of Almaine; merchant of the King of Almaine

Nature of request

The merchants of Almaine make three petitions:1) Andrew de Camp and John de Catlonde state that they have twelve cogs with their merchandise in the port of Scarborough, and that the Bailiffs of Scarborough have forced them to unload their goods and are demanding outrageous tolls from them; and they will not cease even for the King's letters. They are content with what they have already paid, but now ask that they may return to their country with their cogs and the remainder of their goods.2) John de Lubek has eleven cogs in the harbour of Newcastle, loaded with merchandise which the bailiffs have taken for the King's use. He is content with what he has already paid, but now asks that he may return to his country with the cogs and the remainder of his goods.3) The merchants complain that John Ducre, burgess of Newcastle upon Tyne and keeper of the River Tyne, has taken goods from their cogs by force, not for the King but for his own use, and ask for a remedy for this.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Almaine

Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]

Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].

People mentioned

John Ducre, burgess of Newcastle upon Tyne and keeper of the River Tyne.

For instructions to the Chancellor to order the ships and goods to be released, on security that they will trade with them only within this realm, and to make restitution for the goods taken by the keeper of the River Tyne, see no.608 of C 81/7