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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Flors de Flors John King and council John de Flors states that his father...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2297
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This record is about the John de Flors de Flors John King and council John de Flors states that his father... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1327] 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 8/46/2297
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Flors
- Name(s)
- de Flors, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- John de Flors states that his father served the king's father well and loyally during the war in Gascony, and was in the garrison of the castle of Bourg at his own expense, so that his wife had to sell her inheritance to support him. He was then captured and put to death by the French. The petitioner too has loyally served the king, and asks, for this service and the loss of his inheritance, that he might have £38 Tournois of rent owed to the king in various places, by the heirs of William Ros, and by Iter Aymeri and his brothers, or what the king pleases of this, for term of life.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The Seneschal of Gascony is to be ordered that, having obtained fuller information on the claim made in the petition, if he finds that it is true, then he is to provide for the estate of the abovementioned John as seems to him should be done.
- Places mentioned
- Bourc (Bourg), [Gascony, France]
- Saint Melieu (Saint Emilion), [Gascony, France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Lile Deyre (Ile de Re), [Poitou, France]
- People mentioned
- Martine Vigere, mother of petitioner
- William Ros
- Iter Aymeri
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A note on the guard suggests 'Early Ed. II', with reference to the king's father. Dated here within the reign of Edward II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another petition from the same petitioner on the same matter is SC 8/330/E990
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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 3565
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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/C9062507/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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