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Raymond Lion (Leon) of Bordeaux. Lion (Leon) Raymond King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/273/13636

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SC 8/273/13636
Date
[? c. 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Raymond Lion (Leon) of Bordeaux.
Name(s)
Lion (Leon), Raymond
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 3 parts:]1) Lion requests that the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux be ordered to pay Lion for his expenses in the king's services.2) He requests a reward for his service.3) He states that he is the son of the daughter of the late Raymond Maquam, and requests payment of a sum owed by the Queen, the mother of the king's father, to Raymond when he died, which has ceased to be paid.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.1) Let it be ordered to the constable that he make account and satisfaction for what is owed.2) To the second: they are to go to the executors of the queen who have full administration of the queen's goods.
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
[Amaury de Craon], Lord of Craon, seneschal of Gascony
Gilbert Pecche, seneschal of Gascony
Anthony Pasanh (di Pessagno), seneschal of Gascony
William de Montagut (Montaigut), seneschal of Gascony
Raymond Maquam (Macanh)
[Eleanor of Provence], Queen of England.
Note
Amaury de Craon, Gilbert Pecche, Antonio di Pessagno and Guillaume de Montaigut were Seneschals of Gascony in succession between 1313 and 1320. This petition would therefore seem to date from after 1320.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/172/8563

For another petition possibly by the same petitioner, see SC 8/291/14537

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/C9517583/

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