Post by Daniel Silk on Dec 6, 2010 22:15:57 GMT
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Petitioners: Richard Kyng (King) of Skegness, mariner; Simon Fitkyn, mariner; Simon White of Grimsby, mariner.
Addressees: Chancellor.
Places mentioned: Skegness, [Lincolnshire]; Grimsby, [Lincolnshire]; Normandy, [France]; Clee, [Lincolnshire]; Hornsea, [East Riding of Yorkshire]; Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
Other people mentioned: [Michael de la Pole, knight], Chancellor; William Baynyng of Clee; John Curtays (Curtis); John Whittopp; William Bate; Thomas Silk; Robert Titelot; John Donnyng of Hornsea; William Carter; John Aclam (Acklam) of Scarborough.
Nature of request: Kyng, Fitkyn and White request remedy because they and their three ships were recently taken at sea by the King's enemies of Normandy and ransomed for a great sum of money, for which the petitioners pledged five of their men (Baynyng, Curtis, Whittopp, Bate and Silk), but before they had paid the ransom Titelot, Donnyng, Carter, Acklam and others took their ships, causing the enemies to take the hostages to Normandy, and Titelot, Donnyng, Carter and Acklam will not return their ships to them without a new ransom nor will they free the hostages from the enemies' hands.
Endorsement: [None].
Covering dates [1383]
Note This dates to 1383 as does SC 8/304/15154, to which it belongs.
Related material For the King's writ in response see SC 8/304/15154
Scope and content
Petitioners: Richard Kyng (King) of Skegness, mariner; Simon Fitkyn, mariner; Simon White of Grimsby, mariner.
Addressees: Chancellor.
Places mentioned: Skegness, [Lincolnshire]; Grimsby, [Lincolnshire]; Normandy, [France]; Clee, [Lincolnshire]; Hornsea, [East Riding of Yorkshire]; Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
Other people mentioned: [Michael de la Pole, knight], Chancellor; William Baynyng of Clee; John Curtays (Curtis); John Whittopp; William Bate; Thomas Silk; Robert Titelot; John Donnyng of Hornsea; William Carter; John Aclam (Acklam) of Scarborough.
Nature of request: Kyng, Fitkyn and White request remedy because they and their three ships were recently taken at sea by the King's enemies of Normandy and ransomed for a great sum of money, for which the petitioners pledged five of their men (Baynyng, Curtis, Whittopp, Bate and Silk), but before they had paid the ransom Titelot, Donnyng, Carter, Acklam and others took their ships, causing the enemies to take the hostages to Normandy, and Titelot, Donnyng, Carter and Acklam will not return their ships to them without a new ransom nor will they free the hostages from the enemies' hands.
Endorsement: [None].
Covering dates [1383]
Note This dates to 1383 as does SC 8/304/15154, to which it belongs.
Related material For the King's writ in response see SC 8/304/15154