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Proctors of Saint Sever. King. The proctors of Saint Sever make three requests.1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9293
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/186/9293
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Proctors of Saint Sever.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The proctors of Saint Sever make three requests.1) They ask that the new constable of Bordeaux be ordered to pay the people of the town the £3000 granted to them by the king's grandfather.2) They ask that the seneschal of Gascony be ordered to protect the possessions of the people of Saint Sever in Malo Corde and Sonas from the vicomte de Tartas, and make restitution for damages done by him and the lord of Labrit3) They ask that Montausier account with them regarding sums owed to them from a loan made to Edward I during the war which the king of France's brother Charles fought against them, besieging their town. Assignments had been made from the customs of Southampton and Ipswich, but full repayment had not been received.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face, after each entry]1) [View] the letters mentioned in the bill.2) Order the present or future seneschal to protect these people and their goods and chattels.3) Show the process mentioned in the bill, and having viewed and examined it is to be done.[on dorse] The town of Saint Sever.
- Places mentioned
- Saint Sever, Gascony, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Malo Corde [unidentified], [Gascony, France]
- Sonas [unidentified], [Gascony, France]
- Tartas, [Gascony, France]
- Labrit, [Gascony, France]
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Ipswich, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Edward I, King of England
- [Philip IV], King of France
- Constable of Bordeaux
- Vicomte de Tartas
- Lord of Labrit
- Charles [de Valois], brother of the King of France
- [Philip IV], King of France
- Raymond Arnaud de Montausario (Montausier).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- An order to protect the people of Saint Sever against the vicomte de Tartas was issued on 25 August 1329, presumably in response to the second part of this petition. Much of the petition refers back to events occurring during the time of Edward I.A note on the guard indicates that the larger part of this membrane was restored to the detached upper portion from unsorted Chancery miscellanea on 10 July 1923.
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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)
- Latin
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Catalogue des rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois, vol. I, ed. T. Carte, (, 1743), p.72 (order concerning the maintenance of the people of Saint Sever in Malo Sorde and Senas)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295171/
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