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Fucher de Montardit, esquire, of Gascony. de Montardit Fucher King and council. Fucher...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10013
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This record is about the Fucher de Montardit, esquire, of Gascony. de Montardit Fucher King and council. Fucher... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1340] 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 8/201/10013
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-? c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Fucher de Montardit, esquire, of Gascony.
- Name(s)
- de Montardit, Fucher
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Fucher de Montardit, esquire, of Gascony, of the company and household of Raymond Bernard de Marmande, states that he has served the king well and loyally in his war in Gascony, and that because of that the French have seized his lands, rents and tenements in Gascony. He requests compensation for his losses.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King will inform himself of his conduct and of the losses and damages which he has sustained, and he will have such consideration for this on his coming into Gascony that he should reasonably consider himself satisfied.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- Raymond Bernard (Ramon-Bernat) de Marmande.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Roughly dated according to the hand and language.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar petition from another petitioner, see SC 8/202/10076
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333569/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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