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William (Guilhem) de Mountandre (Montandre), knight. de Mountandre (Montandre) William...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14973

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This record is about the William (Guilhem) de Mountandre (Montandre), knight. de Mountandre (Montandre) William... dating from [? c. 1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/300/14973
Date
[? c. 1377]
Description
Petitioners
William (Guilhem) de Mountandre (Montandre), knight.
Name(s)
de Mountandre (Montandre), William (Guilhem)
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
William de Mountandre requests letters of passage for Claus Petit, servant of William's master, the Captal de Buch, to go to his own country of Almaine to see and speak with his kin, certifying that Claus has always been loyal to the King of England.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Almaine (Germany).
People mentioned
Claus Petit, servant of the Captal de Buch
Captal de Buch.
Note
A note on the guard states that this petition was taken from Chancery files of the time of Richard II, and this seems to agree with the hand and content.If the Captal de Buch is Jean de Grailly, this would seem to date this petition to very early in the reign, as he died in 1377.
Related material

For another petition possibly from the same petitioner, see SC 8/159/7934

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/C9518177/

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