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John Guitart (Guichard), king's clerk in Gascony. Guitart (Guichard) John King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/160/7993

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Reference
SC 8/160/7993
Date
[c. 1357]
Description
Petitioners
John Guitart (Guichard), king's clerk in Gascony.
Name(s)
Guitart (Guichard), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Guitart requests confirmation of the prince's grant of the office of keeper of the seal and counter seal of the executorie of the Agenais for his life.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France]
Agenais, [France].
People mentioned
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales].
Note
The petition is dated in accordance with the guard note to c. 1357 as the petition refers to the time when the Black Prince being in Gascony.
Related material

For a related document see SC 8/49/2413

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210185/

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