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John de Pomiers, lord of Lescun, seneschal of Landes. de Pomiers, lord of Lescun...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/215/10714

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Reference
SC 8/215/10714
Date
[c. 1383]
Description
Petitioners
John de Pomiers, lord of Lescun, seneschal of Landes.
Name(s)
de Pomiers, lord of Lescun, John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
seneschal of Landes
Nature of request
Pomiers requests that whereas he has been in office for over two years with 20 men-at-arms in his company and has only had 115 marks for wages which he received from the then constable of Bordeaux, and he has had great expenses and costs because of the war so that he has nothing with which to sustain his men, that the officers overseas be ordered to pay him what is due for his wages.
Nature of endorsement
The council has agreed that the petitioner should have an order to the constable of Bordeaux under the great seal to render account with him duly concerning what is asked within and to pay him according to the effect of his letters patent.
Places mentioned
Lescun, [Gascony, France]
Landes, [Gascony, France]
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
[Simon] Burleye (Burley).
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1383, with reference to Carte vol. I, p. 168.
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/C9334270/

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