ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1409. 



one Pideville) 125. nobles which are due unto the said 

 John Unkeltop. Item by the inhabitants of Plymmouth 

 and Dertmouth (whose Captaines were Henry Pay, and 

 William Gadeling) 600. nobles which are due unto the 

 foresayde John Halewater, in respect of his goods by 

 them violently taken away. Item 334. nobles to be 

 payed by the selfe same parties, being due unto the sayde 

 A ship of the John Halewater by reason that they detained his ship 

 burthen of from him three moneths and more, which ship was of the 

 300. Tonnes. burthen Q f t h ree hundreth tonnes of wine, and had in 

 it all the foresayde time five and fourtie servants main- 

 tained at the expenses of the sayde John Halewater. 

 [I- l8 3-] Item that Sir William de Ethingham knight, who was 

 Vice-admirall for the sea, must bee summoned to alleage 

 a reasonable cause (for that the sayd Sir William with his 

 servants expelled the said John Halewater out of his ship 

 for the space of fifteene dayes together, and tooke of the 

 good and victuals of the said John to the summe of 114. 

 nobles) why he ought not to pay the said summe of 

 114. nobles unto John Halewater aforesaid: which if 

 hee shall not bee willing nor able to alleage before the 

 first of April next ensuing, that then by the kings 

 authoritie hee must be compelled to pay unto the fore- 

 said John the said 114 nobles. Item by the inhabitants 

 of Caleis (whose captaines were Michael Scot, Bishop, and 

 William Horneby) 1900. nobles, which are due unto the 

 foresayde Eggard Scoff, because the saide soveraigne king 

 hath given them in charge by the said Michael Scot 

 and the rest concerning the payment of the summe 

 aforesaid. Item by John Bilis neere unto Crowmer, 68. 

 nobles, which are due unto Nicholas Wolmersten of 

 Elbing. Which summes of nobles must by the kings 

 authoritie bee levied at the hands of his subjects above- 

 mentioned, betweene the time that nowe is and the feast 

 of the Purification of the blessed virgine which shall fall in 

 the yeere of our Lord 141 1. effectually to bee delivered 

 and payed unto the sayd Master generall or his lawfull 

 procurator, or unto his successours or their lawfull pro- 



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