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Not specified King. The unspecified petitioners (possibly the people of Guines) complain...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/251/12541

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This record is about the Not specified King. The unspecified petitioners (possibly the people of Guines) complain... dating from [1396] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/251/12541
Date
[1396]
Description
Petitioners
Not specified
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The unspecified petitioners (possibly the people of Guines) complain that the king's enemies have erected buildings close to the castle of Guines, and request that the king order the captain of Guines to survey and remove them.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] This bill was granted by the king.
Places mentioned
Picardy, [France]
Guines, [Artois, France].
People mentioned
Captain of Guines.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1396, with reference to a consequent order to the captain of Guines dated 17 January 1396.
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. II, ed. T. Carte, (, 1743), p.172 (order to the captain of Guines to protect the areas next to the enemy)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440147/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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