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None. Chancellor. [Petition in 5 parts:]1) It is requested that the seneschal, constable...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15052

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Reference
SC 8/302/15052
Date
[1416]
Description
Petitioners
None.
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
[Petition in 5 parts:]1) It is requested that the seneschal, constable and others be commanded to view the wills of Florimond and Guillaume Amanieu with all the registers and other things pertaining to the wills for the debate between Bernard de Lesparre and Joan and Agnes Armagnac, and to proceed against the Armagnacs if they will not co-oprate with their delivery.2) Similar request for an order to the lord of Castillones.3) It is requested that the Armagnacs be commanded to deliver the wills and other registers to the seneschal and constable and others.4) It is requested that all manner of people of the barony of Lesparre be ordered to aid the seneschal and constable and others if the Armagnacs disobey the orders to them.5) Similar request for an order to the barons of Guyenne.
Nature of endorsement
[The entry is not all legible, and what can be read does not suggest any obvious relevance to the petition:]Item memorandum of . . . deliver prisoners out of the . . .
Places mentioned
Lesparre, [Guyenne, France]
Castillonnes, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
John Tiptot (Tiptoft), seneschal of Gascony
William Clifford, constable of Bordeaux
Piers Ryver, doctor of law, judge of Sovereignty
Bertrand Dasta, doctor of canon law, judge of Gascony
Florimond Amaneu (Amanieu), lord of Lesparre
Guillaume Amaneu (Amanieu), lord of Lesparre
Bernard de Lesparre, lord of la Bard
Lady Joan (Joanna) Darmenhac (Armagnac)
Agnes [Darmenhac (Armagnac)], daughter of Joan Armagnac
Lord of Castillonnès
People of the Barony of Lesparre
Barons of Guyenne.
Note
The petition dates to 1416 as other petitions originally from Chancery Files 548 date to this year.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 548.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518256/

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