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Jean (John) de Laar. de Laar Jean (John) King. Laar requests that lands of his pledged...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/122/6092

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Reference
SC 8/122/6092
Date
[c. 1305]
Description
Petitioners
Jean (John) de Laar.
Name(s)
de Laar, Jean (John)
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Laar requests that lands of his pledged to a man who has since joined the French king should be taken into the hands of the lieutenant and kept safe. He states that he had contributed to the levy requested by the Earl of Lincoln of the people of Labatut for the provisioning of the garrison there. He also requests payment of debts owed to him in provisioning this force, and has come overt to England to pursue this.
Nature of endorsement
Regarding the lands pledged to a man of Laurfontan who has left the king's faith, it is to be ordered to the king's lieutenants in Gascony that they are to do him right according to the customs of that land.William Arnaud de la Roche.Regarding the debt, they are to come before those making the payments and be heard.
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France]
Labatut, [Gascony, France]
Laurfontan [unidentified], [Gascony France].
People mentioned
[Philip IV], King of France
[Henry de Lacy], Earl of Lincoln
Glosten de Laurfontan
Raimond Guillaume de Balansun (Balenson)
Raymond de Balansun (Balenson)
Arnaud de Jaces (Jasses)
Guillard de Saint Martin
Saumard Dorou
Guillaume Raimond de Favare
Raimond Bernad de Favare
William Lup de Favare
Arnaud Guillaume de Poilovent (Poyloaut).
Note
Dated on the guard to? c. 1305, but no evidence cited. However, an order to make payments to people from Labatut for sums loaned to the Earl of Lincoln was made in 1305, and many of the individuals named in the petition appear in other documents of the time.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5169
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Roles Gascons, vol. III (1290-1307), ed. C. Bemont, (, 1906), p.516 (no.4959 [4]) (order for payment to be made to the people of Labatut for sums loaned to the king during the late war)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208262/

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