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Alvar Gonnel, merchant of Spain. Gonnel Alvar King and council. merchant of Spain...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15733

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Reference
SC 8/332/15733
Date
[1458]
Description
Petitioners
Alvar Gonnel, merchant of Spain.
Name(s)
Gonnel, Alvar
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of Spain
Nature of request
Gonnel requests restitution of the Marquis of Villena's ship called 'the Mary' of Spain, laden with 160 tuns of bastard and red [romeneyes] wine and 350 dozen corks, captured by the Giles of Hull, despite letters of safe-conduct, and taken to Winchelsea.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Spain
Villena, Spain
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Winchelsea, [Sussex].
People mentioned
[Don Juan Pacheco], Marquis of Villena
Fernando de la Crouna, factor of Ortega de Carion
Ortega de Carion
William Ryder, knight, ship's owner.
Note
The petition dates to 1458 when an oyer and terminer was ordered in this matter (CPR 1452-61, p. 439).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. VI, 1452-1461, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.439 (commission of oyer and terminer into matter of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736320/

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