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Arnold William (Arnaut-Guilhem) de Marsan, seneschal of the Agenais. de Marsan Arnold...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8655

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Reference
SC 8/174/8655
Date
[1309]
Description
Petitioners
Arnold William (Arnaut-Guilhem) de Marsan, seneschal of the Agenais.
Name(s)
de Marsan, Arnold William (Arnaut-Guilhem)
Addressees
King.
Occupation
seneschal of the Agenais
Nature of request
[Petition in 2 parts].1) Marsan requests letters of warrant to the treasurer of the Agenais to deliver the profits of the seal of the court of the Agenais which were granted to him by the king.2) Marsan requests that the seneschal of Gascony be commanded to deliver Gosse and the castle of Sort to him, as he was granted these with the place of Sort, but has been denied them by the machinations of the people of the places. He requests this notwithstanding that they have been given to Lupe Burgoun.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].1) Let a warrant under the great seal be directed to Hustwait for the delivery of the issues of the seal to the seneschal from the time that he was made seneschal.2) He should have letters under the great seal in a suitable form.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Agenais, [Guyenne, France]
Gosse, [Gascony, France]
Seignanx, [Gascony, France]
Sort-en-Chalosse, [Gascony, France].
People mentioned
John de Hustwait, treasurer of the Agenais
Lupe (Lop, Loup) Burgoun (Loup-Bergunh).
Note
Gascon Rolls 1307-17 no.301 is dated 23 September 1309, and no.304 is dated 20 September 1309; and these would seem to be in response to this petition. Lupe Burgoun may be Loup-Bergunh de Bordeu.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner and his brother, see SC 8/291/14546

For the order for the payment of the issues of the seal found in the first part of this petition, see m.6 of C 61/24

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/278/13858

For another petition from the same petitioner and his half-brother, see SC 8/278/13863

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Gascon Rolls 1307-1317, ed. Y. Renaud, (Public Record Office, 1962), no.301 (instructions to deliver the bailiwicks to the petitioner) & no.304 (instructions to deliver the issues of the seal to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294521/

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