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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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Eon (Ives) Bestent, esquire, of Brittany. Bestent Eon (Ives) King. Bestent requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/227/11315
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This record is about the Eon (Ives) Bestent, esquire, of Brittany. Bestent Eon (Ives) King. Bestent requests... dating from [1374] 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 8/227/11315
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1374]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Eon (Ives) Bestent, esquire, of Brittany.
- Name(s)
- Bestent, Eon (Ives)
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Bestent requests that the king will confirm the judgment of his son, concerning his prisoner Hay and make a writ on it. He pursued his prisoner to Bordeaux before Gaunt who gave his judgment in Bestent's favour but Hay has now appealed before the king and remains imprisoned in Bordeaux Castle until he finds sufficient surety.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Brittany, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- Henry de la Hay
- John [of Gaunt], King of Castile and Leon and duke of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1374 as two commitments were made to hear the complaint of the petitioner on 10 and 28 October 1374 (CPR 1374-7, pp.54, 57).
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), pp.54, 57 (orders to hear the complaint of the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334875/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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