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Mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux. King. The mayor, jurats and community of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13849

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Reference
SC 8/277/13849
Date
[1313]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux request the King's letters commanding the seneschal of Gascony, constable of Bordeaux and others who receive the customs of Bordeaux that the house of Puy-Paulin and its franchises, liberties, privileges and customs should be peaceably upheld without impediment since from time out of mind the lord of Puy-Paulin has been a burgess of Bordeaux, and as such enjoys the franchises, privileges and liberties of the town, taxing his own wine from his own vineyards for selling in taverns or loading on ships, as Grelli and his wife Assalhide do, with the exception of the imposition which the constable of Bordeaux and other customers made on them, that letters order the seneschal of Gascony, the constable and other customers of Bordeaux that the said house, couple and other lords of their franchises and liberties should enjoy their customs as their ancestors did, notwithstanding that the viscount is not a burgess of Bordeaux.
Nature of endorsement
When they themselves petition, the King will do what is reasonable.
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Benauge, [Guyenne, France]
Castillon, [Guyenne, France]
Puy-Paulin, Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Gascony, [France].
People mentioned
Peter de Greyli (Grelli, Grailly), vicomte of Benauge and Castillon
Assalhide de Burd' (Bordeaux), wife of Peter de Grelli, lady of and heir to Puy-Paulin
[John Guitard], constable of Bordeaux.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1313, with reference to Gascon Rolls 1307-17, p. 278 (no.1017), the King's letter to the seneschal of Gascony in response to this and to the second article of SC 8/274/13659 and the first of SC 8/274/13667.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/274/13659

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), p.278 (no.1017) (King's letter to the seneschal of Gascony in response to this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517797/

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