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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon de Hourges, merchant of Amiens. de Hourges Simon King and council. merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/288/14352
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This record is about the Simon de Hourges, merchant of Amiens. de Hourges Simon King and council. merchant... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/288/14352
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon de Hourges, merchant of Amiens.
- Name(s)
- de Hourges, Simon
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant of Amiens
- Nature of request
- Simon de Hourges, merchant of Amiens, states that Aymer la Zousche, Sheriff of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire, arrested him in the town of Huntingdon and imprisoned him for being French, and seized his goods and merchandise to the value of £6; and he is still in prison. He asks that he and his goods might be released.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be sent to Aymer to inform Chancery of the reason for the seizure etc. And when the reason has been seen, justice is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Amiens, [Picardy], France
- Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire.
- People mentioned
- Aymer la Zousche (la Zouche), Sheriff of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Aymer la Zousche was Sheriff of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire between November 1320 and April 1327, and between September 1328 and December 1330. CCR 1327-30 p.69 is dated 5 April 1327, and would seem to be the ultimate response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a transcript, see p.95 of PRO 31/7/132
For a related petition from the same petitioner, see no.580 of C 81/141
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.69 (orders to release the petitioner, if his reasons for coming to Huntingdon are found to be true)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735512/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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