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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Saya. de Saya John King. [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Saya requests that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/275/13733
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/275/13733
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Saya.
- Name(s)
- de Saya, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Saya requests that the king confirm letters of the Earl of Kent granting him land in compensation for his own lands occupied by the French, and give him possession, until he can recover his own lands.2) He states that although he is from Bordeaux and lives there, contributing to the expenses and costs of the city as a burgess, the burgesses of Bordeaux refuse to receive him as a burgess because he is the son of a knight, and the sheriff and constables do not allow him to pay customs on his wine as the other burgesses do. He asks that they might be ordered to receive him as a burgess and to allow him to pay customs on his wine.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) To the first, the king is not advised to do this.3) To the second the king does not wish to prejudice the people of Bordeaux.
- Places mentioned
- Beliac [unidentified], [Guyenne, France]
- Guyenne, [France].
- People mentioned
- Edmund [of Woodstock], Earl of Kent, lieutenant of the king in Guyenne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1330 on the basis that the first request refers to Edmund, late of Kent.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517680/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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