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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Remundi (Raymund) Denfrances, citizen of Dax. Remundi (Raymund) Denfrances...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/269/13426
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This record is about the William Remundi (Raymund) Denfrances, citizen of Dax. Remundi (Raymund) Denfrances... dating from [c. 1376] 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 8/269/13426
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Remundi (Raymund) Denfrances, citizen of Dax.
- Name(s)
- Remundi (Raymund) Denfrances, William
- Addressees
- [Not specified]
- Nature of request
- Remundi states that his brother has been forced into exile for fear of a decree of the seneschal of Gascony that laymen who meddled in ecclesiastical discords in the town of Dax would incur forfeiture of their bodies and goods, because he visited the place where the mayor had died trying to separate two feuding clerics, and asks the addressee to intercede with the King so that he may be able to return, as an inquisition by the Prevot of Dax did not accuse him of anything, and he is prepared to stand to right according to the laws and customs of the country.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Dax, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Peter Dufrances (Denfrances), brother of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1276 as related entries in the Gascon rolls date to 16 June 1276 (Roles Gascons, vol. II, pp.84, 85, 86).
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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)
- Latin
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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)
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- Roles Gascons, vol. II (1273-1290), ed. C. Bemont, (, 1900), pp.84, 85, 86 (entries referring to the exile and forfeiture of Peter Dufrances and to the petitioner being taken into the king's protection)
- The History of King John, King Henry III, and the Most Illustrious King Edward I, vol. III, W. Prynne, (, 1670), p.1215 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517373/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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