Details

Subjects:

Soldiers -- France -- History -- 14th century.
Soldiers.
History.
Evreux (France) -- History -- Economic conditions -- 14th century.
France.

Form/Genre:

Receipts (financial records)
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, Medieval.

Language:

In French.

Summary:

Receipt given by Andrea Goussen, acting on behalf of Simon Clabant, a sergeant in Petit-Bois of Pacy, to Reignier le Coustelier, the viscount of Evreux. The receipt is for the sum of 115 sous and 4 derniers, payed for the service of 123 days, at the rate of 8 derniers per day. The transaction took place in the presence of Pierre Becherel, a lieutenant in Pacy. The receipt is dated 1385 Nov. 11. The text is 8 lines long and is written in a secretary script; this receipt is removed from a larger sheet of parchment. A modern transcription of the text is filed with the receipt.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased, 1966.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965). Supplement A (2). Library Chronicle 36 (1970), p. 23 (Ms. Lea 424).

Contributor:

Evreux, Reignier le Coustelier, vicomte d'.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

232636599