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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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This record is about the Mayor, Jurats and community of Libourne. King. The Mayor, Jurats and community of... dating from [? 1320] 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 8/86/4272
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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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 5208
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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/C9148814/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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