Elipdis (Alice, Alicie) de Bleyues Blaye, lady of Ornon, daughter and heiress of...

Petitioners

Elipdis (Alice, Alicie) de Bleyues Blaye, lady of Ornon, daughter and heiress of Geoffrey Rudell, lord of Blaye

Name(s)

de Bleyues Blaye, lady of Ornon, Elipdis (Alice, Alicie)

Addressees

King

Nature of request

[Petition in 3 parts].1. The lady requests that the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux be ordered to hold and keep her in possession of the petty customs of Bordeaux, assigned to her by Edward II in exchange for the lordship of Blaye, and in the collection of which she has been disturbed by certain merchants of Bordeaux.2. She requests that the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux be ordered to assist her in constraining the inhabitants of Labouheyre in paying their dues to her which she was granted in part exchange for the lordship of Blaye.3. She requests that her rights in relation to the above items be confirmed and renewed.1.

Nature of endorsement

Let the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux be ordered to do as is contained in the form of the letters of Edward III to the lady;2. Let it be done as requested in the petition;3. Let her show her letters in Chancery and she shall have confirmation.

Places mentioned

Blaye, [Guyenne, France]

Ornon (Villenave d'Ornon), [Guyenne, France]

Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]

Gascony, [France]

Guyenne, [France]

Herba Faverea (Labouheyre), [Guyenne, France].

People mentioned

Geoffrey Rudell (Jaufre-Rudel), lord of Blaye, late father of the petitioner

Edward II, King of England

Seneschal of Gascony

Constable of Bordeaux.

For the relevant entries in the Gascon roll, see m.3 in C 61/44

• Catalogue des rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois, vol. I, ed. T. Carte, (, 1743), p.79 (orders to maintain the petitioner in the petit customs and to make the tenants of Labouheyre to pay the dues)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.218-220 (nos. 4-6) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)