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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor, echevins and commonalty of Crecy in Ponthieu. King and council. The mayor,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/163/8117
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This record is about the Mayor, echevins and commonalty of Crecy in Ponthieu. King and council. The mayor,... dating from [? c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/163/8117
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, echevins and commonalty of Crecy in Ponthieu.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The mayor, echevins and commonalty of Crecy request that, since they are greatly charged with debts such as £70 annually to the king's receiver of Ponthieu, £115 annually owed by many persons, and the walls and chantries of the town which they cannot maintain, the king appoint an assize in the town of a halfpenny for every lot of wine coming into the town by broker, 4d for each measure of corn, 4d for each measure of 'cherenoyse' or 'goudale', 3d for each load of fish sold, 3d for each dead cow sold, 2d for each pig and 1d for each sheep.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Crecy (Crecy-en-Ponthieu), Ponthieu, [France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated with reference to SC 8/290/14466. This may be the petition that resulted in the assize mentioned there.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an alternative version of this petition see SC 8/290/14466
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293962/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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