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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Devot de le Serre. Serre Devot King and council. Devot de le Serre, who served in...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/281/14006
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This record is about the Devot de le Serre. Serre Devot King and council. Devot de le Serre, who served in... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/281/14006
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Devot de le Serre.
- Name(s)
- Serre, Devot
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Devot de le Serre, who served in the war in Gascony with the late John de Bogelon and who lost his brother in the king's service, and who does not dare to return to his family's house for fear of the King of France, requests the office of sergeant general in the Duchy, so that he might support himself and serve the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king does not wish to increase the number of sergeants until he is apprised of the state of the Duchy.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- France.
- People mentioned
- John (Joan) de Bogelon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to the aftermath of the war of St Sardos, and very similar to SC 8/281/14022, which clearly dates from the reign of Edward III. This petition has an identical response, suggesting that they are contemporary.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition for this office, with an identical response, see SC 8/281/14022
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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/C9682117/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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