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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Berard de la Bret (Albret). Bret (Albret) Berard King and Council. The petitioner...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10023
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This record is about the Berard de la Bret (Albret). Bret (Albret) Berard King and Council. The petitioner... dating from [1333] 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 8/201/10023
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Berard de la Bret (Albret).
- Name(s)
- Bret (Albret), Berard
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests that Hugh de Guanandun be granted the seneschalcy of the Landes following the recent death of the seneschal, on account of his great losses in the king's service in Gascony.
- Nature of endorsement
- Order the seneschal and constable to certify whether the seneschalcy is void, and of the wages and value, and whether the request should be made on these conditions, and then the king will give his will.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Landes, [Gascony, France]
- People mentioned
- Hugh de Guanandun
- the seneschal of the Landes
- [Edward II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The order to the Seneschal of Gascony and Constable of Bordeaux on m.2 of C 61/45 are clearly in response to this petition, and are dated 3 August 7 Edward III (1333).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an order to the Seneschal and Constable to inform the King on whether the seneschalcy of the Landes is vacant, and whether Hugh de Guanandun would be a suitable person to be seneschal, see m.2 of C 61/45
For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/194/9689
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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/C9333579/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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