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John de Cantyrau. de Cantyrau John King and council. Cantyrau requests letters directed...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/215/10711

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Reference
SC 8/215/10711
Date
[1385-1386]
Description
Petitioners
John de Cantyrau.
Name(s)
de Cantyrau, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Cantyrau requests letters directed to the seneschal of Guyenne and the mayor and constable of Bordeaux ... to prohibit the abbot of St Croix from demanding revenues from the petitioner since Scrope granted him the rents [and revenues] of St Croix of Bordeaux for his wages and service, which gift was made to him by virtue of a grant which the archbishop of Bordeaux [made to] Scrope [of the abbey of St Croix], vacant by the death of Salamon.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] It was granted by the council and ordered as in the Gascon Roll for the 9th year [1385-6].
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Guyenne, [France].
People mentioned
William Scrop (Scrope), seneschal of Guyenne
Raymond, archbishop of Bordeaux
Bernard Salamon, Abbot of St Croix.
Note
Dated on the dorse to 1385-6 since reference is made to William de Scrope being seneschal of Guienne, with reference to the Gascon Roll of 9 [Richard II], which is now missing.
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/C9334267/

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