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Ponset del Fossat, serjeant-at-arms. Fossat Ponset King. serjeant-at-arms Fossat...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/280/13989

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This record is about the Ponset del Fossat, serjeant-at-arms. Fossat Ponset King. serjeant-at-arms Fossat... dating from [? c. 1327-? c. 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/280/13989
Date
[? c. 1327-? c. 1350]
Description
Petitioners
Ponset del Fossat, serjeant-at-arms.
Name(s)
Fossat, Ponset
Addressees
King.
Occupation
serjeant-at-arms
Nature of request
Fossat requests that, as reward for his service to the King's father, the King grant him the administration of the town of Agen, which was in the hands of the French but recently came into the King's hand.1)
Nature of endorsement
The seneschal should be ordered to inform himself of the value and of his service and certify the King [Deleted].2) He should have the administration in recognition of his service.
Places mentioned
Agen, [Guyenne, France].
Note
This petition would seem to date to the reign of Edward III, and probably to the early part of the reign,? c.1327-? c.1360.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/110/5491

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Royal letters 4677.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517940/

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