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John Fornerii, clerk of the seneschal of Saintonge. Fornerii John King. clerk of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/273/13640

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SC 8/273/13640
Date
[1316]
Description
Petitioners
John Fornerii, clerk of the seneschal of Saintonge.
Name(s)
Fornerii, John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
clerk of the seneschal of Saintonge
Nature of request
Fornerii states that Benedict Possardi wishes to build a chapel and to endow it with certain rents and lands and to grant it to him, and asks that the chapel might be able to have these lands and rents, freely and in perpetuity.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux that for a reasonable fine . . . [remainder illegible].
Places mentioned
Saintonge, [Guyenne, France]
Marennes, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
Benedict Possardi of Marennes.
Note
The petition dates to 1316 as the related writ is dated to 17 May [9 Edw. II] (C 61/30, m.7; Gascon Rolls 1307-17, no.1585, pp.459-60).
Related material

For the related entry in the Gascon Rolls, see m.7 in C 61/30

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Gascon Rolls 1307-1317, ed. Y. Renaud, (Public Record Office, 1962), no.1585, pp.459-60 (related entry in the Gascon rolls)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517587/

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