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People of Hastingues. King. The people in the bastide of Hastingues make many requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/276/13768
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This record is about the People of Hastingues. King. The people in the bastide of Hastingues make many requests... dating from [1305-1308] 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 8/276/13768
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305-1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Hastingues.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people in the bastide of Hastingues make many requests concerning their bastide, including that port and river bank be relieved of vessels which come in force from Bayonne, that the prices and customs of Dax be made known to the King since they are of that town's provostship and that they may have the King's letter of the great seal thereon, that Havering cause the tax and custom of their port to be taken as the abbot of Sorde did since this will increase the value of the bastide and port by over £200 yearly, that Havering cause the way of St Jake to be built from Dax to the bastide as Hastings had been ordered to do, that a bailiff for the bastide be appointed from among them, and that they may have a letter allowing them to bear arms against the King's enemies, such as Mauleon.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition should be sent within the King's writ of Chancery to Havering that those of the Prince's council in those parts should certify the Prince on the contents of this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Hastingues, [Gascony, France]
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- Ax (Dax), [Gascony, France]
- Sorde (Sorde-l'Abbaye), [France]
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- John de Hastinges (Hastings), late seneschal of Gascony
- John de Haveringg (Havering), seneschal of Gascony
- Abbot of Sorde
- Nod de la Dos
- Oger de Maullyeon (Mauleon)
- Gaillard du Sages, squire, public notary.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Hastings was seneschal of Gascony from 1302-5 and Havering from 1305-08 when this petition must have been written.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition from the jurats of Hastingues see SC 8/290/14482
For another petition from the inhabitants of Hastingues see SC 8/163/8124
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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/C9517715/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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