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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
SC 8/176/8790
Date
[? c. 1390]
Description
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examine the matter of the sentence of banishment against Loser for the death of his father, for the sentence has been repealed and pardoned by Lancaster.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.
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/C9294658/

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