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John de Fan of St Sever. de Fan John King. Fan requests a grant of land called 'le...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12330

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SC 8/247/12330
Date
[1372]
Description
Petitioners
John de Fan of St Sever.
Name(s)
de Fan, John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Fan requests a grant of land called 'le Casterar de Monlave' outside the vill of St Sever in recompense for his losses in the war at the hands of the people of the lord of Lebret.
Nature of endorsement
Let him be granted 5 charges of corn for his life.
Places mentioned
St Sever, [Gascony, France].
People mentioned
Lord of Lebret.
Note
The petition is dated to 1372 as the petitioner received a grant of the land on 20 November 1372 (C 61/85, m.1).
Related material

For a privy seal warrant that was part of the same original file, see no.57 in C 81/1538

For another petition that was part of the same original file, see SC 8/247/12334

For the enrolled response in the Gascon roll, see m 1 in C 61/85

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Catalogue des rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois, vol. I, ed. T. Carte, (, 1743), p.159 (grant of the land to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439936/

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