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Nopar, Lord of Caumont. Lord of Caumont Nopar [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/252/12596
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This record is about the Nopar, Lord of Caumont. Lord of Caumont Nopar [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster,... dating from [1391-1394] 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 8/252/12596
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1391-1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nopar, Lord of Caumont.
- Name(s)
- Lord of Caumont, Nopar
- Addressees
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster, steward of England.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 5 parts:]1) He states the breakers of the truce have not returned the goods which they stole from him and his people this year, as they swore to do before the King of France's seneschal and commissary. He asks the Duke to write to the King of France, and to the dukes and constable of France, to aid him to recover his goods.2) He states that the King granted him certain things contained in a bill, and had it sent to the Chancellor to give him letters patent; and Scrope has the bill in his hand and for various reasons has not expedited it. He requests his letters patent.3) He asks that he might be given, for term of life, certain things given to Gauci Arnaud, John Sherwynd and Raulin Tuder.4) He states that about three years ago, while he was in the realm of Aragon, at war in the cause of the Count of Foix, the French stole his livestock, during the truces and without cause. Payment was agreed for these animals, but has not been made. He requests letters patent to have arrests made so that he might be paid.5) He asks that a revocet et adnullat of all gifts made and to be made might be added to all these patents.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face, before third petition:]This subsequent petition was granted by the king and sent to the chancellor to execute it.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Guyenne, [France]
- Lombrere (Ombriere), [Bordeaux, Guyenne, France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Sauvete [unidentified], [Guyenne, France]
- Laniaus [unidentified], [Guyenne, France]
- Aragon, [Spain]
- Toulouse, [Languedoc, France].
- People mentioned
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster and steward of England
- Arnold de Marle, seneschal and commissary to the king of France
- [Charles VI], King of France
- [Richard le Scrope], Lord Scrope
- Gauci Arnaud, servant of Lord Scrope
- John Sherwynd
- Guilhem (William) Menawriu
- Raulin Tuder, King's servant
- [Gaston III (Gaston Phoebus)], Count of Foix.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is datable from a reference to the late Count of Foix (Gaston Phoebus died in 1391): if the petitioner was fighting for him three years ago, this dates the petition to 1391-1394.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/252/12595
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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)
- The King's Council in England during the Middle Ages, J.F. Baldwin, (, 1913), p.331 (transcript of clause of address)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440203/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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