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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margaret de Bearn, Countess of Foix. de Bearn, Countess of Foix Margaret King. [This...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/187/9301
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This record is about the Margaret de Bearn, Countess of Foix. de Bearn, Countess of Foix Margaret King. [This... dating from [1313] 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 8/187/9301
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1313]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret de Bearn, Countess of Foix.
- Name(s)
- de Bearn, Countess of Foix, Margaret
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is incomplete, and only the left side survives.]Margaret, Countess of Foix, requests permission to plead by proxy in the court of Saint Sever.
- Nature of endorsement
- Order the seneschal of Gascony or his lieutenant to permit Margaret, Countess of Foix, for the term of her life, to act and defend in the king's court of Saint Sever by proxy according to the law and customs of that place.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Saint Sever, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Seneschal of Gascony.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Permission for Margaret to plead by proxy at Saint Sever was granted on 6 July 1313, and this is presumably the permission sought in this petition.
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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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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.44 (permission for Margaret to plead by proxy at Saint Sever)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295179/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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