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Gerard de Lane, clerk. de Lane Gerard The King. clerk 1) The petitioner seeks the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2797
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/56/2797
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gerard de Lane, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Lane, Gerard
- Addressees
- The King.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioner seeks the renewed protection of the king's justice and states that the sheriff of Curt appealed to the king of France to kill Bertram and Peres, and they were transported to Spermount Castle at the sheriff's behest with more than fifty [other] men and killed there contrary to the orders of the king's council.2) The petitioner also seeks compensation for Bertram's sons, William and Raymoun, for loss of their father, inheritance, and goods. The king guaranteed Bertram £100 of Bordeaux sous from the revenues of the Isle of Oleron for his lifetime, and the petitioner asks the king to grant the same to his sons.
- Nature of endorsement
- The revenue is not in the king's hands and therefore nothing can be made of this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Curt [unidentified]
- Spermount Castle [unidentified]
- Abuanomes [unidentified]
- Isle de Laron (Isle d'Oleron), [Saintonge, France].
- People mentioned
- Bertram de Lane, the king's esquire
- Bernard [de Lane], brother of Bertram de Lane
- Peres de Lane, uncle of Bertram de Lane
- William [de Lane], son of Bertram de Lane
- Raymoun [de Lane], son of Bertram de Lane.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Date tentatively to the first half of the fourteenth century.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/339/15956
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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 4887
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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/C9063015/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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