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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
Item
Philip Bat Lavaine; John Busques, merchant of forest of Crecy in Ponthieu. Bat Lavaine;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/163/8122
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This record is about the Philip Bat Lavaine; John Busques, merchant of forest of Crecy in Ponthieu. Bat Lavaine;... dating from [1332] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/163/8122
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Philip Bat Lavaine; John Busques, merchant of forest of Crecy in Ponthieu.
- Name(s)
- Bat Lavaine; Busques, Philip; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant of forest of Crecy in Ponthieu
- Nature of request
- Bat Lavaine and Busques purchased about 45 journeys of wood in your forest of Crecy around Whitsun 1330 for which they would pay £67 for 12 terms over 4 years. In the following August the king of France made a proclamation throughout France that all currency should be depreciated, wherefore many merchants petitioned the Queen of England, then Countess of Ponthieu, to grant them remedy. Since Bat Lavaine and Busques were ill at the time, they now request the same remedy as other merchants had in the same forest.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be done as in similar cases concerning others of the same country of Ponthieu.
- Places mentioned
- Crecy (Crecy-en-Ponthieu), Ponthieu, [France].
- People mentioned
- [Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England, then Countess of Ponthieu.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1332, with reference to CPR 1330-4, p. 319, a 1332 grant to petitioners in accordance with the endorsement. The petition refers to events of Whitsun 1330, so it must have been written after this date.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.319 (grant in accordance with the endorsement)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293967/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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