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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of England. King. The petitioners ask for just compensation to Gurney for...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/103/5114
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This record is about the Commons of England. King. The petitioners ask for just compensation to Gurney for... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/103/5114
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of England.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask for just compensation to Gurney for all his losses and hardships in the king's causes and his discharge as an example that all the king's lieges should willingly join his service in his wars in times to come. They show that he was previously in the wars of the king's grandfather in the parts of Poitou, where he built a new castle that he called the Herbergement, to sustain the said wars in defence against the enemy. In which time he served the king well, especially in battle before Paris, for which he was granted one of the places in Poitou (with William de Felton), which he quit with all his company, who were also taken to his impoverishment. Upon which he returned to England (as have many). Whilst in England he and his lieutenant of the said castle (John Seynloo) were taken and imprisoned and remain in irons in the Tower in great distress without right and judgement until he pays the king 3600 marks sterling.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Paris, [France]
- Peyto (Poitou), [France]
- Tower of London, [London].
- People mentioned
- Matthew de Gurney
- Edward III, King of England
- William de Felton
- John Seynloo (Seint Lo).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1378, and internal evidence is compatible with a dating early in the reign of Richard II.
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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 2091
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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/C9149684/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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