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Peter Claysson, master of the cog called 'La Christofore' of Schiedam in Holland....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/301/15041

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This record is about the Peter Claysson, master of the cog called 'La Christofore' of Schiedam in Holland.... dating from [1404] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/301/15041
Date
[1404]
Description
Petitioners
Peter Claysson, master of the cog called 'La Christofore' of Schiedam in Holland.
Name(s)
Claysson, Peter
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
master of the cog called 'La Christofore' of Schiedam in Holland
Nature of request
Claysson requests that he be granted letters patent to the admirals, mayors sheriffs and other officials of the king commanding that in whatsoever port, town or place that his ship is found that it be delivered to him with all its equipment as it was hired by Sevenoaks and others to go to Teignmouth and it was raided by the French who took their English pilot and all the goods of the English away, and by several men of Eastbourne who seized the ship.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Schiedam, Holland, [Netherlands]
London
Teignmouth, Devon
Beachy Head, [Sussex]
Pevensey, [Sussex]
Eastbourne, [Sussex].
People mentioned
William Sevenoke (Sevenoaks), merchant of London
Robert Odyham (Odiham), merchant of London
John Knolles of Eastbourne
Thomas Knolles of Eastbourne
William Tot of Eastbourne
William Edwyn (Edwin) of Eastbourne
Long Robin of Eastbourne
John Edward of Eastbourne.
Note
The petition dates to 1404 as the mandate for the restitution of the ship and its gear to the petitioner was issued on 18 March 1404 (CPR 1401-5, pp.426-7).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/255/12721

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 528.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.426-7 (mandate for the restitution of the ship and its gear)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518245/

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