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Gasstes de Koukes, burgess and jurat of St-Macaire. de Koukes Gasstes King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/200/9997
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/200/9997
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1342]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gasstes de Koukes, burgess and jurat of St-Macaire.
- Name(s)
- de Koukes, Gasstes
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- burgess and jurat of St-Macaire
- Nature of request
- Gasstes de Koukes makes five requests:1) In compensation for his great losses, he requests a bailiwick called Alagreere in the Agenais for term of life.2) He asks that he might be free of the custom of Bordeaux on the wines of his vines and on what he can have from the country.3) He requests payment of his wages.4) He requests the King's letters to the Archbishop of Bordeaux, asking him to provide a brother of his, who is a clerk, with the first vacant benefice in his diocese.5) He requests some lands and tenements in St-Macaire, which belonged to the King's rebels and which he has been granted for five years in payment of his wages, for term of life.
- Nature of endorsement
- £40 of Bordeaux, as is said.He is to have the same bailiwick, receiving £40 of Bordeaux annually from the said bailiwick for term of his life so that, if the bailiwick produces more than £40, he is to answer to the Seneschal for the remainder.With regard to . . . the King cannot do it without assent of parliament.With regard to . . . the Seneschal is to be ordered to account . . . for what is found to be due to him.With regard to writing to the Archbishop of Bordeaux, he is to be asked to provide him with a benefice.With regard . . . his wages, he has been answered above.
- Places mentioned
- St-Macaire, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- Archbishop of Bordeaux
- seigneur de Pomeez (Pommiers)
- William (Guilhem) de Seler.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1342 with reference to the grant to the petitioner of the requested bailiwick, made on 1 June 1342.
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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.112 (grant to the petitioner of the bailiwick called A la Gruere)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295887/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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