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Peter Bidau of La Mongie, citizen of Bayonne. Bidau Peter King. Bidau requests remedy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12120

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Reference
SC 8/243/12120
Date
[1326]
Description
Petitioners
Peter Bidau of La Mongie, citizen of Bayonne.
Name(s)
Bidau, Peter
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Bidau requests remedy as 4 messengers that the mayor and people sent by a galley concerning the surrender of the people of the Agenais to the king of French have been charged by the king of France in a certain sum because the master and mariners of the galley robbed a ship of Brittany, though the mayor and people of Bayonne had instructed the master and mariners not to commit such acts, and the messengers are not culpable or took any of the profits.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
La Mongie, [Guyenne, France]
Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
Agenais, [Guyenne, France]
Brittany, [France]
Spain.
Note
The petition dates to 1326 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 26 July 1326 (CCW 1244-1326, p.581).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 7479 in C 81/132

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.581 (mandate to consider the petition and answer it as seems best)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439723/

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