1451 - John Petit of Cornwall (1): Difference between revisions
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It would seem likely but is by no means certain that John Petit was a Cornwall man. Could he be the London grocer figuring in other entries of this period? | |||
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Revision as of 17:14, 6 November 2018
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Date | 1451 |
Topic | John Petit member of commission to enquire into customs evasions and other wrongdoings in Cornwall. |
Cornwall.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-06. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-06.
Record
[Aug. 16 1451:]
Commission to William Bonevile of Chuton, knight, John Colsyll, knight, Nicholas Ayssheton, John Petit, Thomas Bere and the sheriff of Cornwall, appointing them to make inquisition in the county touching all goods and merchandise, not customed or cocketed, shipped in the county, and touching all arrests made and not observed, and all armour and victuals sold to the king's enemies and the value thereof, and by whom done.[1]
Commission to William Bonevile of Chuton, knight, John Colsyll, knight, Nicholas Ayssheton, John Petit, Thomas Bere and the sheriff of Cornwall, appointing them to make inquisition in the county touching all goods and merchandise, not customed or cocketed, shipped in the county, and touching all arrests made and not observed, and all armour and victuals sold to the king's enemies and the value thereof, and by whom done.[1]
Source notes
Marginal note: "Aug. 16. Canterbury".
IRHB comments
It would seem likely but is by no means certain that John Petit was a Cornwall man. Could he be the London grocer figuring in other entries of this period?
Lists
- Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
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