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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 the town of Rue in Ponthieu. King. The mayor, echevins...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8789
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This record is about the Mayor, echevins and commonalty of the town of Rue in Ponthieu. King. The mayor, echevins... dating from [1331] 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 8/176/8789
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, echevins and commonalty of the town of Rue in Ponthieu.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The mayor, echevins and commonalty request that the king will grant to them the assize, namely of each lot of wine sold one [? penny] towards the repair of the church, walls and fortresses of the town as it is much ruined and damaged. This was granted to them by the queen in 1329, but has since been withdrawn.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have it for 2 years as long as they are good and peaceful to the king, and render an account each year to the receiver of Ponthieu of what they have received.
- Places mentioned
- Rue, Ponthieu, [France]
- Paris [France].
- People mentioned
- Isabella [of France], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331 as the king granted them the assize on 10 October 1331 (CPR 1330-4, p.189).
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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.189 (grant to the petitioners that they can take a penny from every bottle of wine sold in their town towards the repair of the town)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294657/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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