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Arnold (Arnaut) de Mente, citizen of Bayonne. de Mente Arnold (Arnaut) King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7028
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This record is about the Arnold (Arnaut) de Mente, citizen of Bayonne. de Mente Arnold (Arnaut) King and council.... dating from [c. 1301] 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 8/141/7028
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1301]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Arnold (Arnaut) de Mente, citizen of Bayonne.
- Name(s)
- de Mente, Arnold (Arnaut)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- citizen of Bayonne
- Nature of request
- Arnold de Mente, citizen of Bayonne, states that Arnold de Seint Martin and his companions, some of whom are not from Bayonne, although they have claimed to be, told the King that they had been robbed in Spain of goods amounting to 5000 marks, at the command of the King of Spain; but he says that restitution has been made to them of a larger sum than they lost, as the King will find from the bailiffs of Sandwich at that time, or from good and loyal merchants of Bayonne, and that they procured an inquisition of Englishmen to establish their losses - as a result of which the goods of William de Saut were seized. He asks that the correct sum might be inquired into by good and loyal merchants of Bayonne who were present when they lost their goods, and that good security might be taken from them to answer for the remainder.
- Nature of endorsement
- The process which took place at Lincoln is to be seen.
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- Spain
- Sandwich, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Arnold (Arnaut) de Seint Martin (St Martin)
- [Fernando IV], King of Spain (Castile)
- William (Guilhem) de Saut.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 'c. 1301' without further explanation. The written hand and general appearance of the petition makes this dating plausible.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition about the seizure of William de Saut's goods, see SC 8/141/7027
For transcript, see p.147 of PRO 31/7/155
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9209165/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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