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<div class="blockquote">[7 Oct. 1447:]<br/>
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Grant to the king's serjeant, Thomas Byrmychamp, esquire for the body, of all that pertains to the king of the forfeiture of two ships called 'spynners' ''alias'' 'farkenstekers,' laden of late with wool and other goods and merchandise in the port of Pole or other places and 'crykes' pertaining thereto, which, issuing thence secretly without payment of cocket or custom, were taken by two ships called ''Litell John'' of Calais and ''Nicholas'' of London. <span style="float:right">By K. etc.<ref>{{:Bland, A E 1909a}}, p. 104.</ref></span></div></onlyinclude>
Grant to the king's serjeant, Thomas Byrmychamp, esquire for the body, of all that pertains to the king of the forfeiture of two ships called 'spynners' ''alias'' 'farkenstekers,' laden of late with wool and other goods and merchandise in the port of Pole or other places and 'crykes' pertaining thereto, which, issuing thence secretly without payment of cocket or custom, were taken by two ships called ''<keyword>Litell John</keyword>'' of Calais and ''Nicholas'' of London. <span style="float:right">By K. etc.<ref>{{:Bland, A E 1909a}}, p. 104.</ref></span></div></onlyinclude>


== Source notes ==
== Source notes ==

Revision as of 07:17, 4 November 2018

Record
Date 1447
Topic The Litell John of Calais and Nicholas of London seized to small ships trying to dodge the customs.
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Calais.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-04.

Record

[7 Oct. 1447:]
Grant to the king's serjeant, Thomas Byrmychamp, esquire for the body, of all that pertains to the king of the forfeiture of two ships called 'spynners' alias 'farkenstekers,' laden of late with wool and other goods and merchandise in the port of Pole or other places and 'crykes' pertaining thereto, which, issuing thence secretly without payment of cocket or custom, were taken by two ships called Litell John of Calais and Nicholas of London. By K. etc.[1]

Source notes

Marginal note: "Oct. 7. Westminster". Italic type as in printed source.

IRHB comments

For ships named after Little John or Robin Hood, see the page on Ship names. This passage is the first of only two ME occurrences of the noun 'spinner' , derived from another relatively rare ME word, 'spinace', a "small ship capable of carrying 25 men, a pinnace".[2]

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