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John (Johan) Damesket, lord of St Pierre in Labourd. Damesket, lord of St Pierre...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8888

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This record is about the John (Johan) Damesket, lord of St Pierre in Labourd. Damesket, lord of St Pierre... dating from [? 1410-? 1445] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/178/8888
Date
[? 1410-? 1445]
Description
Petitioners
John (Johan) Damesket, lord of St Pierre in Labourd.
Name(s)
Damesket, lord of St Pierre in Labourd, John (Johan)
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Damesket requests a licence for him and his heirs to build a stone tower to the height of 40 . . . and of 30 . . . length as his household is close to the frontier with Navarre and Castile and has been in the past imperilled by the enemies of the king's progenitors.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
St Pierre [unidentified], [Gascony, France]
Labourd, [Gascony, France]
Navarre, [Spain]
Castile, [Spain].
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? 1410-? 1445 on the basis of the hand.
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/C9294756/

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