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Soldiers in Gascony. King. The soldiers to whom the last provisions were made request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/114/5697

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Reference
SC 8/114/5697
Date
[? c. 1305]
Description
Petitioners
Soldiers in Gascony.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The soldiers to whom the last provisions were made request that the treasurer and clerks are ordered that the terms for these last provisions be the same as the first.
Nature of endorsement
The king intends that the provisions made at Bourgum should be of the same or similar condition of the first provision made at Kennington, and that the dates of the last provision be like those of the first. And therefore letters made on the same provisions will be sent.
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France]
Bourg, [Gascony, France]
Kennington, [Surrey].
Note
The petition is dated speculatively to 1305 on the basis of the guard note, though there is no evidence to support this.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3866
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150370/

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