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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Consuls and people of Condom; Gautier Matheu, merchant. Matheu Gautier King. merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/194/9688
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This record is about the Consuls and people of Condom; Gautier Matheu, merchant. Matheu Gautier King. merchant... dating from [1321] 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 8/194/9688
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Consuls and people of Condom; Gautier Matheu, merchant.
- Name(s)
- Matheu, Gautier
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- This petition contains six requests:1) The Consuls and people of Condom state that they are impleaded in the court of France by the Bishop of Condom on certain matters touching the King's right and theirs, and that they have spent a lot of money on this suit. They request compensation.2) The Consuls state that the Bishop and his supporters are harming them on this matter, and request the right to bear arms for their protection and the maintenance of the King's right.3) The Consuls state that Peter de Lamissa and Doat and John Basterii, citizens of Condom, were accused of murder, but were acquitted before the Seneschal of the Agenais and this sentence was confirmed by the Seneschal of Gascony. They ask the King to confirm it under his great seal of England, and to pardon them the £120 Tournois in which they have been condemned, as they have impoverished themselves in defence of the King's right and the city's against the Bishop.4) The Consuls and people state that Raymond Durant, now Seneschal of Perigord and formerly chief judge of the Agenais, always acted well and loyally as a judge, and ask that he might be restored to that office.5) Gautier Matheu, merchant, asks for protection for himself and his companions, messengers for the city, as they are suspected by the Bishop and his supporters.6) The Consuls state that it is not the custom of the town for appeals to be made from any sentence given by the Bailiffs of the town to the Seneschal of Gascony or to anyone else of the King's power, and ask that such appeals cease.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Condom, [Gascony, France]
- France
- Gascony, [France]
- Perigord, [France]
- Agenais, [France].
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Condom
- Peter (Peir) de Lamissa, citizen of Condom
- Doat [Basterii], citizen of Condom
- John (Joan) Basterii, citizen of Condom
- Forton del Hospital
- Raymond (Ramon) Durant, Seneschal of Perigord
- Gautier (Walter) Matheu, merchant.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition was formerly enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.527, dated 31 January 1321.
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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)
- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.527 (order to examine these petitions and send letters to the Seneschal of Gascony to take full information and to inform the King what he should and can do without prejudice)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295575/
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