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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of St Macaire. King. The people of St Macaire request a charter permitting...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15452
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This record is about the People of St Macaire. King. The people of St Macaire request a charter permitting... dating from [1342] 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 8/309/15452
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1342]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of St Macaire.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of St Macaire request a charter permitting them to sell wine in taverns year-round. It is currently the custom in the town that for fifteen days in May only the King's ministers can sell wine in taverns.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the King was not certified if this would be to the damage of him or others, he has sent the seneschal a writ ad quod dampnum and ordered him to do swift justice.
- Places mentioned
- St Macaire, [Guyenne, France]
- Gascony, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- [Oliver Ingham], seneschal of Gascony
- constable of Bordeaux.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1342 when the King granted letters patent in response (C 61/54, mem. 17).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related letters patent see m. 17 of C 61/54
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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/C9529049/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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