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Manuel Zakarie, alien merchant, John Berkyng (Barking), indigenous merchant, Henry...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14979

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Reference
SC 8/300/14979
Date
1390
Description
Petitioners
Manuel Zakarie, alien merchant, John Berkyng (Barking), indigenous merchant, Henry Birton, indigenous merchant, Robert Harengey, indigenous merchant, John Clerc (Clerk, Clark), indigenous merchant, William Wight, indigenous merchant, Thomas Wight, indigenous merchant, William Flore, indigenous merchant, Nicholas Luk, alien merchant, Thomas Bokoc, indigenous merchant.
Name(s)
Zakarie; Berkyng (Barking); Birton; Harengey; Clerc (Clerk, Clark); Wight; Wight; Flore; Luk; Bokoc, Manuel; John; Henry; Robert; John; William; Thomas; William; Nicholas; Thomas
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
alien merchant; indigenous merchant
Nature of request
The merchants named above state that they freighted John Yonge's ship in London with certain wools on 28 September in the King's fourteenth year, and had their cocket to sail to Calais, but that when they reached Sandwich, the ship was broken up by a storm, and their wool carried to land. They request a writ to the customs officers at Sandwich to deliver the wool to them and to give them permission to load it into another ship and take it directly to Calais, by virtue of the said cocket.This petition also contains a list of the amount of wool belonging to each merchant, and a letter from the customs officers of London attesting to the truth of what the merchants say.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
Calais, [France]
Sandwich, [Kent].
People mentioned
John Yonge (Young), shipowner
William Venour, customs officer at London
Nicholas Exton, customs officer at London.
Note
The ship sailed on 28 September, 14 Richard II (1390), and the customs officers of London put their seals to their letter of testimonial on 22 October, 14 Richard II (1390).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518183/

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