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Neapolyn Spynel, and Celestrer Nygre, merchants of Genoa resident in London. Spynel;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/215/10745

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This record is about the Neapolyn Spynel, and Celestrer Nygre, merchants of Genoa resident in London. Spynel;... dating from [1389] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/215/10745
Date
[1389]
Description
Petitioners
Neapolyn Spynel, and Celestrer Nygre, merchants of Genoa resident in London.
Name(s)
Spynel; Nygre, Neapolyn; Celestrer
Addressees
Council.
Occupation
merchants of Genoa resident in London
Nature of request
Spynel and Nygre request that whereas Spynel and Etalian loaded at Middleburgh 86 tuns of wine and 130 pieces of iron belonging to the petitioners on a ship called the Pelegryn, which was blown by storm to Plymouth where they were made to pay all customs, and which was then arrested by the admiral's lieutenant, that their said 86 tuns of wine and 130 pieces of iron be delivered to them in London, without any more custom being paid.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Genoa, [Italy]
London
Gowce (Goes), [Netherlands]
Zeeland, [Netherlands]
La Rochelle, [Poitou, France]
Middelburg, [Netherlands]
Plymouth, [Devon].
People mentioned
John Pieresson of Goes, ship's master
Geoffrey Spynel, merchant of Genoa
Luke Etalian, merchant of Genoa.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1389, with reference to CPR 1388-92, p. 82, a 1389 licence granted to Spynel, Nygre and others upon the presentation of this petition.
Related material

For a related petition from other merchants of Genoa, see SC 8/300/14999

For a near duplicate of this petition, see SC 8/342/16121

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.82 (licence for Spynel, Nygre and others upon this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334301/

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