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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Matthew de Gourney, knight, provost of Entre-Deux-Mers. de Gourney Matthew King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/221/11040
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This record is about the Matthew de Gourney, knight, provost of Entre-Deux-Mers. de Gourney Matthew King.... dating from [c. 1393-c. 1398] 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 8/221/11040
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1393-c. 1398]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matthew de Gourney, knight, provost of Entre-Deux-Mers.
- Name(s)
- de Gourney, Matthew
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- provost of Entre-Deux-Mers
- Nature of request
- Matthew de Gourney, provost of Entre-Deux-Mers, requests that the king re-examine the issue of the payment of 'auberges' (rights of lodging and provisioning) within his provostry, and, if it is found that such are due, repeal earlier letters patent issued to the people of that region granting exemption to such payments. He recounts how the people refused to pay, and that an enquiry held at Bordeaux by the Duke of Lancaster found that such payments were due, but the people have since petitioned the king in Gourney's absence, and secured letters confirming their exemption, to the disinheritance of him and the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Entre-Deux-Mers, [Guyenne, France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Guyenne and Lancaster
- Seneschal of Guyenne (Gascony).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1393-7, with reference to the document's former reference, Chancery Files 439. Another petition from this petitioner on this same matter was granted by the king on 3 July 1398, which would seem to confirm a date around this time.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the enrolment of letters to the officials of Gascony on this matter see m.9 of C 61/105
For another petition from this petitioner on this matter see SC 8/222/11063
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 439
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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/C9334600/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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