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Catalogue description Proceedings in Admiralty Smale and Brond v Houeel (piracy), 35 Edw III
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| Reference: | C 47/6/9/1 |
|---|---|
| Description: |
Proceedings in Admiralty Smale and Brond v Houeel (piracy), 35 Edw III |
| Date: | 1361 Jan 25-1362 Jan 24 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Publication note: |
Printed in An Early Admiralty Case, ed C Johnson, Camden Miscellany, Vol XV, Camden Society, 3rd series, xi (1929) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Although the plaintiffs in this case, William Smale and John Bronde, had been the victims of piracy committed by John Houeel, a Frenchman, the action, heard in 1361 before the court of the Admiral sitting at the Wool Quay, was a civil one for restitution and damages. Judgement was given against the defendant, who was to remain in the custody of the marshal until payment. His defence had been that the capture took place in time of war or that, if in time of truce, that he had no notice of it; and that, furthermore, such claims were debarred by the treaty of Bretigny, 1360. |
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