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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bertram de la Guardere, valet of the lord of Mauvezin. Guardere Bertram King. valet...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/114/5699
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This record is about the Bertram de la Guardere, valet of the lord of Mauvezin. Guardere Bertram King. valet... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1350] 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 8/114/5699
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bertram de la Guardere, valet of the lord of Mauvezin.
- Name(s)
- Guardere, Bertram
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- valet
- Nature of request
- De la Guardere requests the return of his land for the money that his father mortgaged his lands for, as his father had mortgaged them to Caresset to bury his father, and offered to repay him but Caresset would not take it, it was brought before the constable of Bordeaux who ordered an inquisition, and during the delay they went to war, and the petitioner's father died.
- Nature of endorsement
- The seneschal is to be ordered to do justice to him so that the time of war does not prejudice it.
- Places mentioned
- Mauvezin, [Gascony, France]
- Maillières, [Gascony, France]
- Mont-de-Marsan, [Gascony, France]
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Pierre de la Guardere, father of the petitioner
- Lord of Mauvezin
- Pierre de Caresset of Mont-de-Marsan.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is difficult to date and a wide date-range is suggested, covering the first half of the fourteenth century. Internal evidence clearly refers to a time of war, but whether this is a reference to the Anglo-French wars of Edward I, Edward II or Edward III is unclear.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see fo.58 of PRO 31/7/119
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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 3870
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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/C9150372/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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