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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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Thomas de Gourney. de Gourney Thomas King. Gourney requests that he can pay his ransom...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11592
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This record is about the Thomas de Gourney. de Gourney Thomas King. Gourney requests that he can pay his ransom... dating from [c. 1324] 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 8/232/11592
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Gourney.
- Name(s)
- de Gourney, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Gourney requests that he can pay his ransom in which he is bound to the king for his lands and saving his life be paid in 10 marks instalments annually as he has been in the king's service in Gascony and cannot afford that expense and the ransom without selling land to his great damage and he will be unable to sustain his wife and children.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1324 as the petitioner was pardoned his fine for having lately being a rebel, and was restored to his lands on 23 July 1324 (CPR 1324-7, p.5; CCR 1323-7, p.202).
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.202 (order to the keeper of forfeited lands in Somerset to restore the petitioner's lands)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.5 (pardon of a fine for lately being a rebel)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335151/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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