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Chancery: Gascon Rolls
Catalogue reference: C 61
What's it about?
C 61
The documents in this series form the principal surviving record of the administration of Gascony under English rule. The first four rolls consist of the enrolled letters patent and letters close of Edward, son of Henry III, as duke of Aquitaine...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 61
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Gascon Rolls
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Date (When the record was created)
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1253-1468
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Description (What the record is about)
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The documents in this series form the principal surviving record of the administration of Gascony under English rule.
The first four rolls consist of the enrolled letters patent and letters close of Edward, son of Henry III, as duke of Aquitaine and lord of Ireland; some entries relate to Ireland, but most refer to Gascony.
The later rolls, from 1273-4, contain treaties, truces, appointments and powers of ambassadors, orders, summons to military service, letters of safe-conduct and protection, and grants of offices and lands relating to Gascony under English rule. Until early in the reign of Edward II, there are also entries relating to Ponthieu and Montreuil.
All of the rolls from 1317-1468 have been translated in searchable English calendar on the The Gascon Rolls Project website, where researchers can also access digital images of the records and research content. The completion of the online calendar, undertaken by Professor Anne Curry of the University of Southampton and Dr Guilhem Pepin of the Université de Bordeaux in 2018-19, has been generously supported by the Friends of The National Archives.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A considerable number of petitions from Gascony are in: SC 8
Additional finding aid: ZBOX 1/81
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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144 roll(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Most of the documents in this series have been transcribed or calendared in the following publications: Catalogue des Rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois, ed T Carte (1743); Rôles Gascons, 1254-1255, ed C Bémont (1896); Rôles Gascons, 1273-1290, ed C Bémont (1900); Rôles Gascons, 1290-1307, ed C Bémont (1906); Gascon Rolls, 1307-1317, ed Y Renouard (1962).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3621/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,513,580 records
Within the department: C
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