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On behalf of the King and the Seneschal of Gascony, and the King's subjects of Gascony....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/202/10096

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Reference
SC 8/202/10096
Date
[? c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
On behalf of the King and the Seneschal of Gascony, and the King's subjects of Gascony.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
the Seneschal of Gascony
Nature of request
The petition makes three requests:1) It asks that two or three suitable proctors might be chosen to sue to the King of France so that the second and third articles of the agreement made between the Kings of England and France in [1303] might be kept, and all wrongs and damages against them addressed, and specifically in the matter of the arrests ordered by the court of France to give satisfaction to Gerard de la Causade and others.2) It asks that people of the King's council might be appointed to see the requests made to the King of France by the messengers and proctors of the King's grandfather and his subjects, and their responses, with the aim of putting the King of France in default in the fulfilment of the pronunciation of Pope Boniface, and the peace treaties, truces and agreements made between the Kings of France and the Kings of England, and to inform the proctors concerning these requests and responses.3) It asks that the clerk assigned to the office of master Philip Martel, formerly occupied in defending the rights of the King's grandfather and his subjects might join with the proctors in the pursuit of this business.
Nature of endorsement
For the King and his Seneschal of Gascony and the community of his subjects.
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France]
France
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Rouen, Normandy, [France].
People mentioned
King of France
Gerard de la Causade
[Edward I], King of England
Boniface [VIII], Pope
Clement [V], Pope
Philip Martel.
Note
Tentatively dated to c. 1327, with reference to the King's grandfather.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333651/

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