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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Travers, clerk, constable of Bordeaux. Travers John King. clerk, constable of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8879
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This record is about the John Travers, clerk, constable of Bordeaux. Travers John King. clerk, constable of... dating from [1332] 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 8/178/8879
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Travers, clerk, constable of Bordeaux.
- Name(s)
- Travers, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk, constable of Bordeaux
- Nature of request
- Travers requests that the king grant the keeping of the gate of his castle of Penne to his valet for his life or in another manner paying the fee to him for his sustenance and for his long service to the king and his father.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the seneschal and constable that if he be sufficient he should have it at the king's will thus always that he be of the assent of the constable if it be advised to the constable.
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Penne d'Agenais, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- John de Par, valet of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1332 as the order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to grant the same to Par are enrolled on the Gascon roll for 1332, and date to 20 September (C 61/44, m.5).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the grant of the office to Par at the king's will, see m.5 in C 61/44
For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/177/8850
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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/C9294747/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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