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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Peter Gardache of Navarre. Gardache Peter King and council The petitioner shows that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2375
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/48/2375
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328-1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Peter Gardache of Navarre.
- Name(s)
- Gardache, Peter
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioner shows that he served the king's father for many years in the profession of arms in the Scottish wars and was captured by the Scots at the battle of Stirling and paid ransom. The then king appointed the petitioner to serve in the garrison of Berwick in the company of Bernard de Pilegn and spent two years there. Then the petitioner paid his own costs to serve the king in Scotland after which he was appointed keeper of the scales in Southampton for his lifetime, in which capacity he was to receive ten marks per year from Despenser, which he has not received since the parliament of Northampton and he has since been ousted from his post by Mortimer. The petitioner seeks re-appointment and compensation from the king.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege. 2) Let the petition be delivered to Richard de Bury and he will show [the king's] wishes in the matter.
- Places mentioned
- Nauare (Navarre), [France]
- Scotland
- Stirling, [Stirlingshire, Scotland]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward II, King of England
- Bernard de Pilegn
- Hugh le Despenser
- [Roger] le Mortimer
- Richard de Bury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated from internal evidence between the parliament of Northampton (1328) and the end of Richard Bury's period as keeper of the privy seal in 1333, though more likely, from the reference to Mortimer, to date from after 1330.
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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 3633
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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/C9062587/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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