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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Matthew de Gourney (Gurney). de Gourney (Gurney) Matthew King, council and the lords...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/113/5629
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This record is about the Matthew de Gourney (Gurney). de Gourney (Gurney) Matthew King, council and the lords... dating from [c. 1377-c. 1380] 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 8/113/5629
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377-c. 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matthew de Gourney (Gurney).
- Name(s)
- de Gourney (Gurney), Matthew
- Addressees
- King, council and the lords in parliament.
- Nature of request
- Gourney requests discharge from his account to the king's grandfather for his expenses and costs of the building of the castle of l'Herbergement for which he and his lieutenant have been imprisoned in the Tower, and he requests that he receive aid as he has been greatly impoverished in the king's grandfather's service, being captured three times in a year.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Poitou, [France]
- Castle of l'Herbergement, [Poitou, France]
- Paris, [France]
- Tower of London.
- People mentioned
- William de Felton
- John Seynles, lieutenant of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is clearly early in the reign of Richard II, as the petitioner refers to service performed to the king's grandfather, Edward III. The petition is dated to? 1378-? 1379 in the guard note, with a cross-reference to SC 8/103/5114.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/113/5634
For transcript, see no.74 of PRO 31/7/106
For a related petition see SC 8/103/5114
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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 3742
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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/C9150300/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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