Tynemouth, Le Seynt Martyn (Le Saint Martin)

HER Number

14367

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Le Seynt Martyn (Le Saint Martin)

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1333 wreck of French cargo vessel which stranded at Tynemouth. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1312113); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III, 1330-1334, membrane 15d, accessed via < http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/e3v2/body/Edward3vol2page0445.pdf > on 16-NOV-2010 2 Page(s)445