Liege men of Creon. King and council. The liege men of Creon make eight petitions:1)...

Petitioners

Liege men of Creon.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The liege men of Creon make eight petitions:1) They state that they were founded as a bastide by Amaury de Creoun, Seneschal of Gascony, who gave them various privileges, which the King's father confirmed. They ask that the King might confirm them too.2) They ask that the people of the bailiwick and provostry of Entre-deux-Mers might be forced to contribute to the fortification of their town.3) They ask that they might be granted a toll called 'londe' on merchandise, in aid of enclosing their town.4) They state that when John de Haustede was Seneschal of Gascony, he gave commands that the people of Creon and of the provostship of Entre-deux-Mers were not to make charges against one another that they were not prepared to pursue, on pain of a financial penalty to be paid to the Provost. They ask that this order might be confirmed.5) They ask that the subsidy granted to them by the Seneschal for three years might be extended to last for ten years.6) They request a certain toll to meet their costs in suing to preserve the King's rights against the Abbot of Grande-Sauve on behalf of the King of France.7) They ask that all the privileges and franchises granted to them by the Seneschals of Gascony might be confirmed.8) [Largely illegible] They state that as there is no nobleman living in their town to maintain their rights and franchises, they have granted . . . a lodging within the town, who aids them other manners of war against the King's enemies . . . . the said Gailhard a [piece of] land which is between . . . a wood that was . . . the said Gailhard . . .

Nature of endorsement

[On face, to first] A confirmation of the father's deed is to be made.[To second] The Seneschal is to inform himself and to make an ordinance.[To third] The Seneschal is to be written to, to inform the King.[To fourth] The command is to be shown.[To fifth] The Seneschal is to be ordered to prolong the subsidy by four years.[To sixth] The King is to be written to, to inform the King.[To seventh] The privileges are to be shown.[To eighth: illegible][None on dorse]

Places mentioned

Creon, [Guyenne, France]

Entre-deux-Mers, [France]

Gascony, [France]

Grand-Sauve, [Guyenne, France].

People mentioned

Amaury de Creoun (Creon, Craon), Seneschal of Gascony

[Edward II], King of England

John de Haustede, Seneschal of Gascony

[Philip VI], King of France

Abbot of Grand-Sauve

Gaillard.

For instructions to the Seneschal of Gascony to preserve the petitioners in all the liberties granted to them by the King's father, see m.6 of C 61/54