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Mounfrere de Sivill (Seville), ship's captain. de Sivill (Seville) Mounfrere King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14728

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Reference
SC 8/295/14728
Date
[1337]
Description
Petitioners
Mounfrere de Sivill (Seville), ship's captain.
Name(s)
de Sivill (Seville), Mounfrere
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
ship's captain
Nature of request
Mounfrere de Sivill states that he was bringing his ship, laden with wine of La Rochelle, to Courtrai, when he was attacked and robbed by a ship from England (or Ireland - he does not know which) carrying wine from Bordeaux. He requests justice and a remedy, for God and for the love of the King of Spain his lord. He further states that Johannot le Carpenter of Lostwithiel, bailiff of the sea, knows who the malefactors are, as three of them fled to land, and Mounfrere asked him especially to attach them, but he would do nothing, but let them go.
Nature of endorsement
A commission is to be granted to Ralph Bloyou, John Petit and John Billoun, to inquire into the robbery and to do swift justice; and if they find any of the goods, the are to have them delievered [to the petitioner], in whosesoever hands they are.[A deleted endorsement below mentions a commission to be made to William de Shareshull and others.]
Places mentioned
Seville, Spain
La Rochelle, [France]
Courtrai (Kortrijk), [Belgium]
Ireland
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Lostwithiel, Cornwall.
People mentioned
[Alfonso XI], King of Castile
Johannot (John) le Carpenter of Lostwithiel, bailiff of the sea
Ralph Bloyou
John Petit
John Billoun
William de Shareshull.
Note
CPR 1334-8 p.443 is dated 17 March 1337, and, from the names of those appointed to hear the case, is clearly in response to this petition.
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, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.443 (commission of oyer et terminer on this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735893/

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