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Mayor, Jurats and community of Libourne. King. The Mayor, Jurats and community of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4272

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SC 8/86/4272
Date
[? 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor, Jurats and community of Libourne.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The Mayor, Jurats and community of Libourne state that their town was burnt down by the French during the last Gascon war, because it had no wall. They are therefore anxious to build one, and have started work, but cannot finish it without the king's aid. They petitioned the king's grace on this, and it was answered by the council that the Bishop of Norwich and the Earl of Richmond had already given them grace when they were in those parts - which they had not. They ask the king to give them certain issues from the town, as well as the issues from the Provost of St Emilion or the Castellan of Puynormand, in aid of the wall.
Nature of endorsement
The Bishop of Norwich, the Chancellor, and the Earl of Richmond are to be questioned about the aid previously granted to the good people of Libourne, in aid of their enclosure of the same town, and they are to inform the king of this, so that he might be able to do further what pleases him.
Places mentioned
Libourne, [Guyenne, France]
Gascony, [France]
the French March
Amiens, [Picardy, France]
St Emilion, [Guyenne, France]
Puynormand, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
[John Salmon], Bishop of Norwich
[John de Bretagne], Earl of Richmond.
Note
A note inserted into this file, written by R. L. Atkinson on 3 May 1932, reads, 'Nos. 4270-4300 are copied in R.C. Transcripts I 156, and apparently from part of an original file of petitions to the parliament of Michaelmas 1320. Cf. Parl. Proc. (Chancery) 5/4'. C 49/5/4 is merely a label, 'The petitions of William de Herlaston from the King's parliament held at Westminster at the octave of Michaelmas in his fourteenth year, which were answered by the auditors of petitions, delivered into Chancery to be expedited': nevertheless, this petition is tentatively dated to 1320, as many of those in the file that can be dated seem to come from that year.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5208
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148814/

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