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Doat Galssem (Gaucem), son of Pierre Galssem, burgess of La Réole. Galssem (Gaucem)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8790
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This record is about the Doat Galssem (Gaucem), son of Pierre Galssem, burgess of La Réole. Galssem (Gaucem)... dating from [? c. 1390] 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 8/176/8790
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Doat Galssem (Gaucem), son of Pierre Galssem, burgess of La Réole.
- Name(s)
- Galssem (Gaucem), Doat
- Addressees
- King of England and France.
- Nature of request
- Galssem requests that the seneschal of Gascony be commanded to examine the matter of the sentence of banishment against Loser for the death of his father, for the sentence has been repealed and pardoned by Lancaster. Galssem states that Loser has returned to La Reole to his great damage, and that he was wrongly pardoned as the pardons were only issued for those who were banished for contumacy and not those who had consented to a sentence as Loser had done.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the petition be sent to the seneschal and in case that the party will serve, and that he do reason and right according to the law of the country.
- Places mentioned
- La Reole, [Guyenne, France]
- People mentioned
- Pierre (Peter, Pey) Galssem (Gaucem), father of the petitioner
- Pierre (Peter, Pey) Loser, sawyer
- [John of Gaunt], duke of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1390 in accordance with the guard note dating that links this to the presence of the duke of Lancaster at La Réole.
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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/C9294658/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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