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Saubat de Mente later deleted, on behalf of the people of Bayonne. de Mente Saubat...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/262/13068

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This record is about the Saubat de Mente later deleted, on behalf of the people of Bayonne. de Mente Saubat... dating from [? 1376-? 1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/262/13068
Date
[? 1376-? 1377]
Description
Petitioners
Saubat de Mente later deleted, on behalf of the people of Bayonne.
Name(s)
de Mente, Saubat
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners list twenty-seven grievances against the Bishop of [Bayonne], Raymond Guillam, Laurence Pratte, Arnold Pratte his brother, Santz de la Riu', and Peter de Lospital for grave injuries committed against their city. [Many of these are partly illegible.]
Nature of endorsement
A commission is to be issued to Bernard de Perer and Bidau de Seint Johan to inquire duly into [the things] contained [here], and into all other similar oppressions, excesses and outrages committed against the people of the city of Bayonne by the people named here and others of the said city, and to inform the King's council in England as swiftly as they can.
Places mentioned
Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
[Castile], Spain
Toulouse, [Languedoc, France]
Gascony, [France]
London.
People mentioned
Bishop of [Bayonne]
Henry [II], King of Castile
Thomas de Felton
Raymond Guillam
Laurence [Pratte]
Arnold (Arnaut) Pratte, brother of Laurence Pratte
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince of Wales
Santz de la Riu', formerly Mayor of Bayonne
Peter (Peir) de Lospital (Hospital)
John Elton
Bernard (Bernat) de Perer
Bidau de Seint Johan (St John).
Note
The mention of the late Prince of Wales, without describing him as the King's father, would seem to date this petition to the reign of Edward III, after the Prince's death.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner on behalf of the same community, see SC 8/262/13071

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517012/

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