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John Bek of Kingswear, merchant; William Burnham of Winchester, merchant. Bek; Burnham...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/214/10666

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Reference
SC 8/214/10666
Date
[1385]
Description
Petitioners
John Bek of Kingswear, merchant; William Burnham of Winchester, merchant.
Name(s)
Bek; Burnham, John; William
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant
Nature of request
Bek and Burnham request remedy because they and other merchants of Prussia on the Monday after the feast of St John Baptist in the 8th year of the King's reign (1384) chartered a ship of Danzig, of which Bonycouse was master, to sail to Scotland to sell their merchandises listed in a schedule attached to this petition, and when they unloaded their merchandises at Southampton and paid Bonycouse, he then falsely brought the ship, with the petitioners and their merchandises aboard, to Sluis and delivered them to their enemies who imprisoned them for over a year until they paid £50 ransom.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Kingswear, [Devon]
Dartmouth, [Devon]
Winchester, [Hampshire]
Prussia
Danzig (Gdansk), [Poland]
Prussia
Scotland
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Sluis, [Netherlands]
Flanders.
People mentioned
John de Bonycouse, ship's master
John Buk, admiral of Flanders.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1385, with reference to CCR 1381-5, p. 509, a 1385 order in response to this petition. The petition mentions events of 27 June 1384, so the petition must have a later date.
Related material

For a list of the petitioner's merchandises see SC 8/214/10667

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.509 (order upon a petition describing Bek and Burnham's imprisonment by the men of Sluis)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334223/

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