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Jurats of the community of Monsegur. King. The people of Monsegur request permission...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/125/6241
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/125/6241
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Jurats of the community of Monsegur.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of Monsegur request permission to build four gates in the wall surrounding their town, at the King's expense, and a wall to enclose the castle and surrounds, and they will enclose the rest of the town at their own cost. They also ask that they may be allowed to take the necessary material from the surrounding area, and may keep the wood from the barriers being replaced.
- Nature of endorsement
- Order to the seneschal that, if this is not to the damage of the King, he should allow them to take stone and gravel to build the wall, and that, after the stone walls have been built, they may take the timber.And because the King ought to make such payments, he should allow them [the money] to make the gateways.Entered in the King's roll.
- Places mentioned
- Mount Segur (Monsegur), [Guyenne, France]
- Basades (Bazas), [Guyenne, France]
- People mentioned
- [John de Havering], Seneschal of Gascony.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant writ to the seneschal of Gascony was issued on 3 April 1305. Champollion-Figeac's edition is mis-dated, and contains a number of transcription errors.
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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 5500
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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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- 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), no.294 (pp.386-7) (full edition of petition and responses, wrongly dated)
- Roles Gascons, vol. III (1290-1307), ed. C. Bemont, (, 1906), no.4749 (resultant writ ordering the seneschal to allow this request)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208415/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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