In 1111, a poor disarmed priest tearing off the fences of the castle of Crécy.

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In 1111, a poor disarmed priest tearing off the fences of the castle of Crécy: King Louis the Fat, took and demolished, with the help of the militias of churches and of communes, the castle of Crécy, which was the domain of the brigand and rebel Lord Hugh of Puiset. - Histoire Populaire de la France, Tome Premier, Ch. Lahure's Publication, circa 1860

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