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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Pierre de Mermande, knight, late seneschal of the Agenais. de Mermande Pierre King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13666
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This record is about the Pierre de Mermande, knight, late seneschal of the Agenais. de Mermande Pierre King.... dating from [? c. 1317-? c. 1330] 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 8/274/13666
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1317-? c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Pierre de Mermande, knight, late seneschal of the Agenais.
- Name(s)
- de Mermande, Pierre
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- seneschal of the Agenais
- Nature of request
- [The right-hand side of this petition is badly faded and largely illegible.]Pierre de Mermande makes two complaints against the Friars Minor of Agen, firstly of violence and riotous behaviour in the matter of a disputed inheritance claimed by one of their number in Puy Millon, and secondly in the matter of a bridge built by them where they ought not to build, breaking the king's walls, and to his harm and prejudice, which they have refused to pull down. He asks that the harm done to him by the friars might . . . in future, and that the king's proctors might be ordered to take on the case for the king, in discharge of Pierre.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the enclosure be sent to the seneschal of Gascony, and he, with the advice of the king's council, will preserve the petitioner unharmed as is reasonable.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Puy Millon [unidentified], [Guyenne, France]
- Agen, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- Friars Minor of Agen.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Marmande was seneschal of the Agenais in c. 1317, while the handwriting would suggest a date before c. 1330.
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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)
- French
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517613/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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