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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Casis. de Casis William King and Council. Copy of a petition made to the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/104/5160
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/104/5160
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1317-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Casis.
- Name(s)
- de Casis, William
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Copy of a petition made to the king's council at Westminster in the year ten [1316-17] on behalf of the king's council of Gascony. The petitioner asked for all the memoranda and documentation relating to his lands in France to be made available to him there to process his claim to certain lands etc. He states that when the enemy overran the lands the documentation was taken back to England by the keeper of the royal wardrobe. And the petitioner peacefully held his lands in France from the king's predecessors. The petitioner requires his documentation to show to the king's deputy in Gascony.
- Nature of endorsement
- The original letters are held in the Tower of London and were despatched to England after the aforesaid city and towns surrendered them to the lord king. The city of Agen has been incorporated into the kingdom of France by letters etc., as appears in the process recently despatched.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Tower of London, [London]
- Gascony, [France]
- Aquitaine, [France]
- Agen, [Guyenne, France]
- France
- England.
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Norwich
- Richard de Burton
- William de Malden.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on the guard and internal evidence indicate that this petition must date between 1317 and the end of Edward II's reign.
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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 2208
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9149730/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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