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John Tuscanan, brother of Arnold Tuscanan; Arnold Tuscanan, brother of John Tuscanan;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/210/10466

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This record is about the John Tuscanan, brother of Arnold Tuscanan; Arnold Tuscanan, brother of John Tuscanan;... dating from [c. 1340-c. 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/210/10466
Date
[c. 1340-c. 1350]
Description
Petitioners
John Tuscanan, brother of Arnold Tuscanan; Arnold Tuscanan, brother of John Tuscanan; John Gyrart, son and heir of Master John Gyrart.
Name(s)
Tuscanan; Tuscanan; Gyrart, John; Arnold; John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Schedule of five petitions, two from Arnold Tuscanan, two from John Tuscanan and one from Gyrart, requesting Arnold's ecclesiastical preferment and the service performed by John Tuscanan in the king's wars.
Nature of endorsement
[Illegible.]
Places mentioned
Toulouse, [France]
Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Gascony, [France]
Flanders.
People mentioned
Constable of Bordeaux
Seneschal of Gascony
John de Saye
John Gyrart.
Note
Dated impressionistically in relation to SC 8/76/3763 and SC 8/210/10465.C61/54 is dated to 16 Edward III (25 January 1342-24 January 1343): it states there that the grant specified there is in response to a petition, but whether this petition or not is uncertain.
Related material

A grant of a scrivenership, currently in French hands, to Arnold can be found on m.3 of C 61/54

For a petition to the pope concerning Arnold Tuscanan see SC 8/210/10465

For another petition from Arnold and John Tuscanan see SC 8/76/3763

For a petition from John Tuscanan see SC 8/261/13026

For a related document see SC 8/49/2413

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/C9334023/

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