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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Balasac, esquire de Balasac William King and council Balasac requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1655
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/34/1655
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Balasac, esquire
- Name(s)
- de Balasac, William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Balasac requests that he be aided so that he can acquit himself of prison and be able to serve the king. He has served the king all his life in his wars of Aquitaine and has twice been captured. His expenses have not been paid and his land is lost as it lies in Mirambeau in the Saintonge which is held by rebels of the king, and which he has had to abandon to remain loyal to the king and the prince.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Aquitaine, [France]
- Buch, [Guyenne, France]
- Saintonge, [Guyenne, France]
- Mirambeau, [Guyenne, France]
- People mentioned
- Captal de Buch.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The notes on the guard date this to c. 1375 as the petition dates the fall of the capital of Buch to 1372, and the petition refers to the Black Prince in a way that suggests that he is still alive.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 619
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061852/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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