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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Brun (Brown), the king's proctor and councillor in Gascony. Brun (Brown)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1665
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This record is about the William Brun (Brown), the king's proctor and councillor in Gascony. Brun (Brown)... dating from [c. 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/34/1665
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Brun (Brown), the king's proctor and councillor in Gascony.
- Name(s)
- Brun (Brown), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- the king's proctor and councillor in Gascony
- Nature of request
- Brun states that he is owed sums of money for his fee as his wages, which is due to him from the time . . . at Paris to the last parliament before the beginning of the war for the king's business by order of the seneschal of Gascony and of the council. He requests that the constable of . . . be ordered that if it is found that . . . it is due by account made or to be made, that he is paid from the issues of the customs of Bordeaux or of . . . of the monies collected in Gascony.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] He should have a writ to the constable that he account with him and pay him what is reasonably due from the issues of the duchy.[On dorse] The petition is not enrolled because it is not necessary.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Paris, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Seneschal of Gascony
- Constable of Bordeaux.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the basis of the internal reference to the war with France, the hand, and the language of the response, all of which tend to suggest that this may be placed in the context of the War of St-Sardos.
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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 591
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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/C9061862/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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