People of Villefranche-du-Queyran. King [and council]. The people of Villefranche-du-Queyran...

Petitioners

People of Villefranche-du-Queyran.

Addressees

King [and council].

Nature of request

The people of Villefranche-du-Queyran make three requests:1) They ask that their burgesses who live outside the town might be able to bring their goods to market there safely.2) They request permission to enclose their town, and to erect a building in their fort.3) In consideration of their poverty they ask the King to order that the Jews might be expelled from their town, as they are ruining it.

Nature of endorsement

With regard to the first petition, the Seneschal is to be ordered not to allow wrong to be done to them. And if they complain, he is to do justice to them.With regard to the enclosure, the King has ordained all the issues to the people of Gascony for debts he owes them. When they are fully paid, he will have a good regard for them.With regard to the Jews, he will do with them as with others in other towns of the country.

Places mentioned

Villefranche-du-Queyran, [Guyenne, France]

Gascony, [France].

People mentioned

Jews of Villefranche-du-Queyran.

For transcript, see p.36 of PRO 31/7/157

For a petition formerly attached to this one, see SC 8/291/14544

• 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.288 (pp.380-1) (edition of petition)
• Roles Gascons, vol. III (1290-1307), ed. C. Bemont, (, 1906), no.4770 (order to the Seneschal not to impede burgesses living outside the town from bringing their goods to market there safely)