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Fortaner de Lescun. de Lescun Fortaner King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1) Lescun requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12348
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This record is about the Fortaner de Lescun. de Lescun Fortaner King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1) Lescun requests... dating from [? c. 1342] 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 8/247/12348
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1342]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Fortaner de Lescun.
- Name(s)
- de Lescun, Fortaner
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 3 parts:]1) Lescun requests that, because of the gift made by Haustede to the lord of Noef Chastel, the king's enemy, a clause might be inserted in the king's grace to Fortaner: 'notwithstanding any grace or gift made or to be made' in safeguard of gifts to the petitioner.2) He requests that the bastide of Cerefrount, which the count of Armagnac holds, be put in the petitioner's grace.3) He requests that he can be paid in England what he is owed so he can continue his service as the treasurer has served him of nothing but £100.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It is granted.2) It seems to the council that it cannot be properly done during the war.3) It is answered elsewhere.
- Places mentioned
- Ermynak (Armagnac), [France]
- Cerefrount, [unidentified, France].
- People mentioned
- John de Haustede, seneschal of Gascony
- Lord of Noef Chastel.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/288/14360
For a related petition, see SC 8/289/14415
For the signet warrant with which this petition was probably formerly enclosed see no.58 in C 81/1336
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1341-1343, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.587 (order concerning the delivery of charters, including that for to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439954/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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