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Michael de Mane, merchant of Piedmont. de Mane Michael King and Council. merchant...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10838

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This record is about the Michael de Mane, merchant of Piedmont. de Mane Michael King and Council. merchant... dating from [1404] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/217/10838
Date
[1404]
Description
Petitioners
Michael de Mane, merchant of Piedmont.
Name(s)
de Mane, Michael
Addressees
King and Council.
Occupation
merchant of Piedmont
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged and incomplete.]Michael de Mane, merchant of Piedmont staying in Portugal, requests a commission of enquiry under a sergeant-at-arms, seeking the restitution of goods taken at sea by certain English ships from a ship freighted by him and Garner in Portugal and sailing to Harfleur.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Pemound (Piedmont), [Italy]
Portugal
London
Harfleur, [Normandy, France]
Plymouth, [Devon].
People mentioned
Richard Garner, merchant of Piedmont
Thomas Odenel, ship's master
John Bekeley
William Elys, victualler
John Horwode, victualler
John Couseham, ship's master
Thomas Pollard.
Note
The requested commission of enquiry was issued on 14 January 1404, and completes many of the details missing from the petition due to damage. However, mistakenly, the calendar initially names the ship as the St Marie rather than the St Katherine, correcting this later.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/218/10852

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, Hen IV, vol. II, 1402-1405, (Public Record Office, 1929), pp.417-418 (orders for Odenel and others to appear before the king and council)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.507-508 (resultant commission of enquiry) & p.512 (order to restore goods to the petitioner)
Record URL
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