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Arnold de la Rivau (Rivere), heir and executor of Pierre Eymerit. Rivau (Rivere)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13670

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This record is about the Arnold de la Rivau (Rivere), heir and executor of Pierre Eymerit. Rivau (Rivere)... dating from [c. 1309] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/274/13670
Date
[c. 1309]
Description
Petitioners
Arnold de la Rivau (Rivere), heir and executor of Pierre Eymerit.
Name(s)
Rivau (Rivere), Arnold
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in three parts:]1) Rivau requests that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be commanded by writ to pay him the remainder of the money due to Eymerit for his troubles and service to the king in his business. Eymerit died in the king's service at the parliament of Paris after serving the king all over Europe.2) He requests payment of his wages in coming and going to England for the rendering of account.3) He requests payment of his expenses.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Guyenne, [France]
Rome, [Italy]
Germany
France
Paris, [France]
Flanders.
People mentioned
Pierre Eymerit
John de Havering, late seneschal of Gascony
John de Drokenesford (Droxford)
Thomas de Cantabr' (Canterbury)
Richard de Habyndon (Abingdon)
[John de Bretagne], earl of Richmond.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1309 as there is a reference to the death of Pierre Eymerit on 25 April in the second year of what must have been Edward II's reign. It would seem likely that the petition was presented no more than a years or so later.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/160/7981

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/C9517617/

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