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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Subjects, jurors and commonalty of the city of Bordeaux. King of England and France...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4689
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This record is about the Subjects, jurors and commonalty of the city of Bordeaux. King of England and France... dating from [? 1381-? 1382] 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 8/94/4689
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1381-? 1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Subjects, jurors and commonalty of the city of Bordeaux.
- Addressees
- King of England and France and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts].1) The petitioners request the king's letters to confirm Molton as their mayor, he having been appointed by the king's grandfather, and governed well for six years.2) The petitioners request confirmation of Boneu in his office of as he has served loyally in the position of judge of appeals in Bordeaux.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- John de Molton, knight, mayor of Bordeaux
- William Boneu (Bonewe), bachelor of law.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated speculatively to? 1381-? 1382 on the basis of the guard note, though no evidence is given to substantiate this. The petition is clearly early in Richard II's reign.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.13 of PRO 31/7/108
For a related petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/94/4693
For a related petition by Boneu see SC 8/94/4684
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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 831
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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/C9149240/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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