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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Russel (Roselli, Roussel). Russel (Roselli, Roussel) John King. Russel requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8734
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This record is about the John Russel (Roselli, Roussel). Russel (Roselli, Roussel) John King. Russel requests... dating from [1308] 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 8/175/8734
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Russel (Roselli, Roussel).
- Name(s)
- Russel (Roselli, Roussel), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Russel requests that justice in the parishes of Lazaz and elsewhere be given to him and his heirs as most of the parishes are of men and tenants of the petitioner and live around his castle of Landiras, the king having no castle in the area, and he has not had any reward for his long service to the king's father and this will be in increase of his fee.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be enclosed in letters of the king to the seneschal of Gascony, and let the seneschal be ordered to enquire etc. if it be to the damage.
- Places mentioned
- Illats, [Guyenne, France]
- Lazaz [unidentified], [Guyenne, France]
- Hostens, [Guyenne, France]
- Guillos, [Guyenne, France]
- Birac, [Guyenne, France]
- St-Michel-de Rieufret, [Guyenne, France]
- Landiras, [Guyenne, France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1308 as the petitioner was granted the justice in the parishes on 8 June 1308 (Carte, vol. I, p.35).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the petitioner's son concerning the same parishes, see SC 8/271/13534
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Catalogue des rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois, vol. I, ed. T. Carte, (, 1743), p.35 (grant of justice in the parishes to the petitioner.)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294602/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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