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Constantine Sicard, Mayor of Libourne. Sicard Constantine King. Mayor of Libourne...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/220/10981

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This record is about the Constantine Sicard, Mayor of Libourne. Sicard Constantine King. Mayor of Libourne... dating from [c. 1275-c. 1300] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/220/10981
Date
[c. 1275-c. 1300]
Description
Petitioners
Constantine Sicard, Mayor of Libourne.
Name(s)
Sicard, Constantine
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Mayor of Libourne
Nature of request
The mayor of Liborne appears to make a request regarding the arrest of goods by the Mayor of London. However, the document is badly faded and partially illegible in places.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Libourne, [Guyenne, France]
St Emilion, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
Peter Arytharis, burgess of St Emilion
Henry le Gales (Waleys, Waleis), mayor of London
seneschal of Gascony.
Note
Dated to the last quarter of the thirteenth century, based on the handwriting and the reference to Henry le Waleis as mayor of London. It appears to have been written by the same person as the petition at SC 8/220/10982, and the two were presumably presented together.
Related material

For an associated petition see SC 8/220/10982

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334540/

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