Nopar, Lord of Caumont, Seneschal of the Agenais. Lord of Caumont Nopar King. Seneschal...

Petitioners

Nopar, Lord of Caumont, Seneschal of the Agenais.

Name(s)

Lord of Caumont, Nopar

Addressees

King.

Occupation

Seneschal of the Agenais

Nature of request

[Petition in 8 parts:]1) He states that he has been made Seneschal of the Agenais by the King and asks that he might have this office for term of life, at the customary wages, and he asks that the Constable of Bordeaux might be ordered to pay him his wages annually at Christmas, and to pay him the arrears.2) He states that he has served the King all his life and taken Caumont and Gontaud from the French. He asks that he might have Caumont and half of Gontaud for himself and his heirs, as the King had already promised him through the late Duke of Lancaster, as his other lands are in the hands of the French.3) He asks that he might have Castel Senheur in the Agenais, which he already holds for term of life, for himself and his heirs.4) He asks that the Constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant might be ordered to pay him some money owed him.5) He states that he has captured Caumont, Castelmoran, Castel Senheur, Dubort Saint Pierre, Coveux, Fauillet and Gontaud from the French, and that before they rebelled they had the liberty of not paying the great custom at Bordeaux. He asks that he and his heirs might receive the great custom for themselves in these lands.6) He asks that he might hold Castillones for term of life.7) He asks that he and his heirs might have three old sterlings of England on each tun of wine passing along the Garonne past Caumont.8) 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:]It was granted by the king that he should have letters of confirmation of all things granted to him by the duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster.[On dorse, none].

Places mentioned

Agenais, [Guyenne, France]

Guyenne, [France]

Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]

Caumont, [Guyenne, France]

Landiras, [Guyenne, France]

Gontaut (Gontaud-de-Nogaret), [Guyenne, France]

Montpolhan (Montpouillan), [Guyenne, France]

Samazan, [Guyenne, France]

Bouglon, [Gascony, France]

Castel Amouroux, [Gascony, France]

Castel Senheur (Chateau Seigneur) [unidentified], [Guyenne, France]

Castelmoron-sur-Lot, [Guyenne, France]

Dubort Saint Pierre [unidentified], [Guyenne, France]

Coveux [unidentified], [Guyenne, France]

Faulhet (Fauillet), [Guyenne, France]

Castillones, [Guyenne, France]

River Garonne, [France]

Marmande, [Guyenne, France].

People mentioned

[John of Gaunt], Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster

John de Padame, Seneschal of Guyenne

John de Stratton, Lord of Landiras, Constable of Bordeaux.

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/252/12595