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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Inhabitants of Marmande. King and council. [This petition is badly faded and much...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/273/13602
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This record is about the Inhabitants of Marmande. King and council. [This petition is badly faded and much... dating from [1316-1325] 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 8/273/13602
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1316-1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Inhabitants of Marmande.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly faded and much is illegible.] The petitioners state that severe complaints have come to their ears from merchants of the Duchy, that Stephen de Avindona, the king's butler in England, has taken their wines, imprisoned some of them, forced those who kept their wines to sell them to him at the price he was prepared to pay, and committed other outrages against them; and that he boasts about this openly. They request a remedy, so that Gascon merchants can in future come safely to England with their merchandise, without anyone presuming to treat them in this way.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Marmande, [Guyenne, France]
- Gascony, [France]
- Aquitaine, [France].
- People mentioned
- Stephen de Avindona (Abingdon), king's butler in England
- merchants of Gascony.
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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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- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.290 (appointment of Stephen de Abingdon as chief butler during pleasure)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.365 (appointment of Benedict de Folsham as chief butler)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517549/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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