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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the Lord of Lesparre. Commons. The people of the lord of Lesparre ask for...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6049
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This record is about the People of the Lord of Lesparre. Commons. The people of the lord of Lesparre ask for... dating from [? 1378-? 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 8/121/6049
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1378-? 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the Lord of Lesparre.
- Addressees
- Commons.
- Nature of request
- The people of the lord of Lesparre ask for the release of their lord and others from prison. They state that Lesparre and other English knights are held in prison for the son of the Count of Denia, and they ask that they be put on the first ship back to Bordeaux, as they need to return to prison in Spain.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Lesparre, [Guyenne, France]
- Guyenne, [France]
- Spain
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- [Alfonso de Villena], son of the Count of Denia
- [Alfonso de Villena], Count of Denia.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1378-80, with reference to various other petitions. This is clearly one of the many petitions relating to the long-running captivity of the son of the Count of Denia, captured at the Battle of Najera on 3 April 1367. The petition referred to here is probably that at SC 8/122/6051.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/18/893
For further documents relating to this case see E 30/1504
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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 5077
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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/C9208218/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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