Wreckage washed up within the tithing of
Trelan suggesting a wreck in the area of Black Head, on
the Lizard peninsula.[3]
1304
10 February – Le Halop of St John (France): Three ships (two from the port of
Bayonne) out of
Flanders wrecked and driven ashore at
Romenhale,
Kent. Goods to the value of £10,000 stolen.[1]
(first report) – an unnamed sailing vessel: Wrecked on
Tresco, Isles of Scilly. The
coroner, William le Poer, was on the island to take charge of the salvaged cargo and was "seized by the mob" led by Randulph de Blancminster, Lord of the Manor, and imprisoned until he was able to purchase his freedom.[4]
(first report) – an unidentified sailing vessel: Driven on land near the
Isle of Portland by a "tempest", the crew escaped but the
Spanish ship was cut to pieces and the goods carried away by Henry Blake and 260 others.[4]
1306
23 April (first report) – Le Cristofre (England): The Yarmouth ship was wrecked at
St Alban's Head while en route from
Bordeaux to
London with wine.[4]
(first report) an unidentified
French sailing vessel: Driven ashore at St Alban's Head. Some crew and two dogs escaped alive and the people carried away the goods, destroying the ship.[4]
1307
5 May (first report) – La Maudeleyne (Spain): The Spanish cargo ship was stranded on the south Cornish coast, possibly in
Mount's Bay. All her crew were saved and much of the cargo was salvaged.
Scheduled monument no. 1448520.[5]
1309
16 November – Unidentified (Spain): Carrying a general cargo and iron from her home port of
Castille to England, she was wrecked near
Newport, Isle of Wight. Much of her cargo was taken by local men.[1]
1311–1320
1311
unknown date (first report) – St Goymelote: She was boarded, her cables cut and driven ashore; her cargo of wine being carried off by the transgressors on Portland Peninsula.[4]
28 November – St Mary of Fontarobia (Portugal): En route to
Portugal from
Flanders, she grounded on a sandbank near
Dungeness. Her cargo was stolen.[1]
8 February (first report) – unidentified sailing vessel: While on voyage from
Portugal to
Flanders the ship was "... cast away when anchored by contrary winds in
Padistowe". Men and cargo (including wine) saved.[4]
1321–1330
1321
30 April (first report) St Bartholomew (Bilbao): Lost near
Lizard Point,
Cornwall while heading for
La Seyne along with her cargo (including jewels) worth £6,000.[4]
(first report) an unidentified ship: Stranded and a total loss at
Clovelly, north
Devon.[4]
1322
(first report) unnamed ship: The ship, en route to Sutton, was attacked by Portlanders and people of
Waymere, who scuttled the ship, off the Portland peninsula, and took her cargo of cloth, iron, linen and wax.[4]
3 March (first report) an Irish vessel: Wrecked on the Cornish coast at "Porthlyn" and broken up by men from St Perran and St Carantoc. Although a
scheduled monument the exact location is unknown, but is likely to be in, or near,
Perran Sands or
Crantock.[6]
1341–1350
1342
(first report) La Trinite of
Fowey (England): In a case brought before
Edward III, the ship was boarded by Nicholas de Beer of
Marhamchurch while anchored in the port of
Widemouth. The cables and cords were cut and she was driven ashore by the tide and broke up with goods to the value of £300 owned by John de Lym and Henry Bote lost.[7]
1343
10 February (first report) Tarite (Spain or France): Sailing vessel wrecked on the south coast of Cornwall while heading for
Falmouth. Cargo valued at £3,000.[4]Scheduled monument no. 1189787[8]
28 November Custance (England): A
Dartmouth ship wrecked at the mouth of the
Thames while nearing London from
Bordeaux with wine and a general cargo. All the crew escaped.[1]
1345
4 October Unidentified: A ship anchored between the towns of
Gravene and
Leiston, Kent was boarded and had their cargo and ship's gear taken away. The men raised the anchor and the ship was lost near the Long Sand, at the mouth of the
Thames.[1]
24 October Unidentified: Driven ashore and broken up near
Romney during a storm. Part of the cargo was stolen or salvaged.[1]
24 October Unidentified: Driven ashore near
Dungeness in a storm while en route to London from Flanders. Her cargo of cloth was taken.[1]
1361–1370
1362
(first report) Tarrit: Stranded and a total loss near
Plymouth.[4]
1366
(first report) La Michel: Driven ashore, near
Weymouth, by the violence of the sea while on passage to
Aquitaine. Her goods were taken by the
Dorset "malefactors".[4]
1371–1380
1371
(first report) Welfare: Wrecked on the Kimmeridge Ledges,
St Alban's Head,
Dorset while on voyage from her home port of
Dartmouth,
Devon to
London. Many men were convicted for robbery including Thomas, the abbot of
Cerne Abbas (who stored some of the cargo near Kimmeridge Manor), one of the monks and the "landed gentry" of
Purbeck. The cargo consisted of thirty-two pieces of
cloth of gold, bales of richly embroidered silk and other merchandise.[4]
1381–1390
1382
Saint Marie De Marceau (Portugal): possibly plundered by local people in
Mount's Bay,
Cornwall sometime between 29 November and early December. The captain was captured and forced to sign over the ship and contents which was worth 600
marks.[10]
1391–1400
1393
Unnamed cargo ship: Following an order dated 22 February 1393, an inquest was held in
Penzance,
Cornwall on 18 March 1393 regarding the whereabouts of merchandise from a ship wrecked in
Mount's Bay at
Mousehole during a storm.[11]
Unnamed cargo ship: A cargo vessel (or vessels) carrying goods of great value have been wrecked on the Cornish coast. A Commission was set up to enquire about the cargo of shipwrecks being removed and concealed from the
king.[13][14]
Unnamed ship: The hull of a 50-ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) clinker-built boat of
oak, was found imbedded in a beach near
Newlyn, Cornwall in January 1840. A coin, with the inscription Ave Maria which resembles those of the 14th century, was one of two found on board.[15]
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Wreckage washed up within the tithing of
Trelan suggesting a wreck in the area of Black Head, on
the Lizard peninsula.[3]
1304
10 February – Le Halop of St John (France): Three ships (two from the port of
Bayonne) out of
Flanders wrecked and driven ashore at
Romenhale,
Kent. Goods to the value of £10,000 stolen.[1]
(first report) – an unnamed sailing vessel: Wrecked on
Tresco, Isles of Scilly. The
coroner, William le Poer, was on the island to take charge of the salvaged cargo and was "seized by the mob" led by Randulph de Blancminster, Lord of the Manor, and imprisoned until he was able to purchase his freedom.[4]
(first report) – an unidentified sailing vessel: Driven on land near the
Isle of Portland by a "tempest", the crew escaped but the
Spanish ship was cut to pieces and the goods carried away by Henry Blake and 260 others.[4]
1306
23 April (first report) – Le Cristofre (England): The Yarmouth ship was wrecked at
St Alban's Head while en route from
Bordeaux to
London with wine.[4]
(first report) an unidentified
French sailing vessel: Driven ashore at St Alban's Head. Some crew and two dogs escaped alive and the people carried away the goods, destroying the ship.[4]
1307
5 May (first report) – La Maudeleyne (Spain): The Spanish cargo ship was stranded on the south Cornish coast, possibly in
Mount's Bay. All her crew were saved and much of the cargo was salvaged.
Scheduled monument no. 1448520.[5]
1309
16 November – Unidentified (Spain): Carrying a general cargo and iron from her home port of
Castille to England, she was wrecked near
Newport, Isle of Wight. Much of her cargo was taken by local men.[1]
1311–1320
1311
unknown date (first report) – St Goymelote: She was boarded, her cables cut and driven ashore; her cargo of wine being carried off by the transgressors on Portland Peninsula.[4]
28 November – St Mary of Fontarobia (Portugal): En route to
Portugal from
Flanders, she grounded on a sandbank near
Dungeness. Her cargo was stolen.[1]
8 February (first report) – unidentified sailing vessel: While on voyage from
Portugal to
Flanders the ship was "... cast away when anchored by contrary winds in
Padistowe". Men and cargo (including wine) saved.[4]
1321–1330
1321
30 April (first report) St Bartholomew (Bilbao): Lost near
Lizard Point,
Cornwall while heading for
La Seyne along with her cargo (including jewels) worth £6,000.[4]
(first report) an unidentified ship: Stranded and a total loss at
Clovelly, north
Devon.[4]
1322
(first report) unnamed ship: The ship, en route to Sutton, was attacked by Portlanders and people of
Waymere, who scuttled the ship, off the Portland peninsula, and took her cargo of cloth, iron, linen and wax.[4]
3 March (first report) an Irish vessel: Wrecked on the Cornish coast at "Porthlyn" and broken up by men from St Perran and St Carantoc. Although a
scheduled monument the exact location is unknown, but is likely to be in, or near,
Perran Sands or
Crantock.[6]
1341–1350
1342
(first report) La Trinite of
Fowey (England): In a case brought before
Edward III, the ship was boarded by Nicholas de Beer of
Marhamchurch while anchored in the port of
Widemouth. The cables and cords were cut and she was driven ashore by the tide and broke up with goods to the value of £300 owned by John de Lym and Henry Bote lost.[7]
1343
10 February (first report) Tarite (Spain or France): Sailing vessel wrecked on the south coast of Cornwall while heading for
Falmouth. Cargo valued at £3,000.[4]Scheduled monument no. 1189787[8]
28 November Custance (England): A
Dartmouth ship wrecked at the mouth of the
Thames while nearing London from
Bordeaux with wine and a general cargo. All the crew escaped.[1]
1345
4 October Unidentified: A ship anchored between the towns of
Gravene and
Leiston, Kent was boarded and had their cargo and ship's gear taken away. The men raised the anchor and the ship was lost near the Long Sand, at the mouth of the
Thames.[1]
24 October Unidentified: Driven ashore and broken up near
Romney during a storm. Part of the cargo was stolen or salvaged.[1]
24 October Unidentified: Driven ashore near
Dungeness in a storm while en route to London from Flanders. Her cargo of cloth was taken.[1]
1361–1370
1362
(first report) Tarrit: Stranded and a total loss near
Plymouth.[4]
1366
(first report) La Michel: Driven ashore, near
Weymouth, by the violence of the sea while on passage to
Aquitaine. Her goods were taken by the
Dorset "malefactors".[4]
1371–1380
1371
(first report) Welfare: Wrecked on the Kimmeridge Ledges,
St Alban's Head,
Dorset while on voyage from her home port of
Dartmouth,
Devon to
London. Many men were convicted for robbery including Thomas, the abbot of
Cerne Abbas (who stored some of the cargo near Kimmeridge Manor), one of the monks and the "landed gentry" of
Purbeck. The cargo consisted of thirty-two pieces of
cloth of gold, bales of richly embroidered silk and other merchandise.[4]
1381–1390
1382
Saint Marie De Marceau (Portugal): possibly plundered by local people in
Mount's Bay,
Cornwall sometime between 29 November and early December. The captain was captured and forced to sign over the ship and contents which was worth 600
marks.[10]
1391–1400
1393
Unnamed cargo ship: Following an order dated 22 February 1393, an inquest was held in
Penzance,
Cornwall on 18 March 1393 regarding the whereabouts of merchandise from a ship wrecked in
Mount's Bay at
Mousehole during a storm.[11]
Unnamed cargo ship: A cargo vessel (or vessels) carrying goods of great value have been wrecked on the Cornish coast. A Commission was set up to enquire about the cargo of shipwrecks being removed and concealed from the
king.[13][14]
Unnamed ship: The hull of a 50-ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) clinker-built boat of
oak, was found imbedded in a beach near
Newlyn, Cornwall in January 1840. A coin, with the inscription Ave Maria which resembles those of the 14th century, was one of two found on board.[15]
References
^
abcdefghijLarn, Richard; Larn Bridget (1995). Shipwreck Index of the British Isles, Volume two. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
ISBN0-900528-99-0.