The settlement became a marketplace and a seaport as early as the 7th
century. The name, as was common during the Middle Ages, was spelled differently:
in a 1277 document Putzc, 1277 Pusecz, 1288 Puczse and Putsk, 1289 Pucz. In
1309 it came under the rule of the Teutonic Order as part of Pomerelia. Puck
achieved town status in 1348. Together with the rest of Royal Prussia it joined
Poland in 1454 (1466) and was the place of the local County Administration
(Starostwo). Since the Polish kings tried to create a fleet at Danzig, but
independent Hanseatic Danzig would not allow them in their territory, some
ships chartered
