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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margaret (Marguerite, Margaride) de Gironde, widow of Ponts de Chasteilhoun (Castillon),...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/283/14119
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This record is about the Margaret (Marguerite, Margaride) de Gironde, widow of Ponts de Chasteilhoun (Castillon),... dating from [1313-? 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 8/283/14119
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1313-? c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret (Marguerite, Margaride) de Gironde, widow of Ponts de Chasteilhoun (Castillon), Lord of Castillon-Medoc.
- Name(s)
- de Gironde, Margaret (Marguerite, Margaride)
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Margaret de Gironde, widow of Ponts, Lord of Castillon-Medoc and mother and guardian of Ponts his son, a minor of eight years of age, states that her son has no-one to protect and defend him except her, and that powerful neighbours are taking advantage of his weakness to seize his lands and possessions. She asks the king to take the boy and his lands and possessions into his protection, and to protect and maintain them, and all his rights and liberties, through his seneschal of Gascony, and to return anything wrongly done against the boy to its correct state, as his ancestors have always loyally served the king and his father in their wars in Gascony, Scotland and elsewhere, and their land is ruined, their castles destroyed and their goods lost as a result.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is to be done since he is a minor, to last as long as it pleases the king; provided it is not to anyone's prejudice.
- Places mentioned
- Castillon-Medoc, [Guyenne, France]
- Gascony, [France]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- Ponts [de Chasteilhoun (Castillon)], Lord of Castillon-Medoc
- Ponts [de Chasteilhoun (Castillon)], son of petitioner
- King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand and language, and the reference to the king's father, either from the reign of Edward II or the early part of the reign of Edward III. Tentatively dated by reference to SC 8/283/14102.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/283/14102
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Lettres des rois, reines et autres personages des cours de France et d'Angleterre depuis Louis VII jusqu'a Henri IV tirees des archives de Londres par Brequigny, vol. II (1301-1515), ed. M. Champollion-Figeac, (, 1847), no.203 (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682230/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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