Maritime record MDO47932 - Edmund (of Plemmewe) 1322 English Cargo Vessel

1322 wreck of English cargo vessel which foundered after being scuttled in the harbour at Lyme Regis, having been attacked by local pirates. Bound for Sutton Pool with cloth, linen, canvas, iron, wax and other goods, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Status: Casualty

Indexed as UNIDENTIFIED, under the year of 1322 only, and the place of loss given as the Bill of Portland.

'...laden with cloth, linen, iron and wax for conveyance to Sutton, was attacked by Portlanders and people of Waymere, who took away the goods and scuttled the ship.' (1)(3)

'In 1322 a Plymouth ship was attacked for a whole day by crews hailing from Weymouth and Portland who, having at last driven her to Lyme, there boarded, ransacked, and scuttled her.' (4)

'1322. May 20. York. The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to Robert de Stokheye, John de Treiagu, and John de Fosse, on complaint by William de Ebbeworth of Tavystok, by petition exhibited before the king and council, that, whereas he lately freighted a ship called the EDMUND OF PLEMMEWE with cloth, linen, canvas, iron, wax, and other goods for conveyance to Sutton, certain persons of the towns of Waymewe and Portland and the neighbouring parts attacked the ship on her voyage to Sutton during one whole day and more, and at last boarded her in the port of the water of Lyme on the confines of the counties of Devon and Dorset, carried away the said merchandise, scuttled the ship and sunk her in the said port, and assaulted the mariners, merchants and others that were in her; the jury to be of the said counties.' (5)

NB: The name has also been indexed as the EDMUND, since "of Plemmewe" indicates her home port, and in a modernised version as EDMUND OF PLYMOUTH.

Owner: of cargo, William de Ekkeworth, Tavistock (2); William de Ebbeworth, Tavistock (5)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Reporting date of loss

The building date for this vessel is an estimate based on an average age at wrecking of twenty years. This average is derived from those vessels wrecked on the Dorset coast whose age at wrecking is known.

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> 1975, Dorset magazine : the county magazine vol. 48, p12 (Article in serial). SWX4573.

<3> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<4> World Wide Web page andlt;http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/VCH/Maritime/P_183.htmlandgt; [Accessed 24-Mar-2003] (Digital archive). SWX4886.

<5> Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward II, 1321-24, membrane 18d, IV p 151 (Unpublished document). SDO20500.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1450898 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 29 2024 8:16AM