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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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William de Farendon (Faryngdon, Farringdon), knight. de Farendon (Faryngdon, Farringdon)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/224/11162
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This record is about the William de Farendon (Faryngdon, Farringdon), knight. de Farendon (Faryngdon, Farringdon)... dating from [? 1387] 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 8/224/11162
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1387]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Farendon (Faryngdon, Farringdon), knight.
- Name(s)
- de Farendon (Faryngdon, Farringdon), William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged and incomplete, with a portion missing from the right end and a large section stained and illegible.]William de Farendon appears to request appointment as Mayor of Bordeaux, in recognition for his long service to the king and his father, his great losses and the loss of earlier grants. These appear to have included the ransom of the Marshal D'Audenham.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] The king has granted this.Chamber.[on dorse] Master William Faryngdon.
- Places mentioned
- France
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales]
- Marshal D'Audenham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1387, with reference to the appointment of the petitioner as Mayor of Bordeaux in that year, as recorded in the list of mayors given in M. Champollion-Figeac (ed.), 'Lettres des rois, reines et autres personages des cours de France et d'Angleterre ...', vol. II (Paris, 1847).
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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/C9334722/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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