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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Liege people of Mezin. King and council. Request for payment of the sum agreed by...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/211/10511
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This record is about the Liege people of Mezin. King and council. Request for payment of the sum agreed by... dating from [c. 1357] 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 8/211/10511
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1357]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Liege people of Mezin.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Request for payment of the sum agreed by the Prince as compensation for the damage suffered in Mezin when the Count of Armagnac took it during the time when John II was taken prisoner.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:] Memorandum for a resulting order to the town of Bayonne.[On dorse: None.]
- Places mentioned
- Mezin, [Guyenne, France]
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock,] Prince [of Wales]
- John [II], King of France
- [John,] Count of Armagnac.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable from internal evidence to shortly after the Battle of Poitiers of 1357. See also SC 8/211/10514.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/211/10514
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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/C9334068/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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