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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Libourne. King. The burgesses of Libourne ask the king to appoint a...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/122/6084
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This record is about the Burgesses of Libourne. King. The burgesses of Libourne ask the king to appoint a... dating from [? c. 1290-? c. 1303] 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 8/122/6084
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1290-? c. 1303]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Libourne.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Libourne ask the king to appoint a provost to look after the town, since the town was destroyed by the people of the King of France during the last war.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the seneschal be ordered that he should not allow bailiffs who are not to the profit of the king and the country.
- Places mentioned
- Libourne, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- [Philip IV], King of France
- seneschal [of Gascony].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Champollion (p.384, no. 292) to c. 1290, but by AHG, vol. I, no.74 to? 1303.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the burgesses see SC 8/122/6088
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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 5160
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Archives historiques du Departement de la Gironde, vol. I, (, 1859), no.74 (full edition of petition and response)
- Lettres des rois, reines et autres personages des cours de France et d'Angleterre depuis Louis VII jusqu'a Henri IV tirees des archives de Londres par Brequigny, vol. I (1162-1300), ed. M. Champollion-Figeac, (, 1839), p.384 (no.292) (full edition of petition and response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208254/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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