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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Bernard (Guilhem Bernat), Lord of Salles. Lord of Salles William Bernard...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/283/14130
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This record is about the William Bernard (Guilhem Bernat), Lord of Salles. Lord of Salles William Bernard... dating from [c. 1325-? 1329] 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 8/283/14130
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-? 1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Bernard (Guilhem Bernat), Lord of Salles.
- Name(s)
- Lord of Salles, William Bernard (Guilhem Bernat)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William Bernard, Lord of Salles, states that he refused to acknowledge that he held his land of Salles from the Lord of Bearn rather than the king, despite imprisonment and other duresses, and that the Lord of Bearn, with the aid of the King of France, during the last war seized and occupied his land and cut down his woods, and harassed his people: and he still does so, and continues to hold the land contrary to the form of the peace made at the end of the war. He requests compensation for his lost land and all his wrongs, so that he might live and serve the king honourably, and he and his children might not be impoverished; and he asks that the Constable of Bordeaux might be ordered to pay him the wages due to him, his brother and his uncle for their service in the war in Gascony, and that he might have compensation for a horse lost in that war.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Deleted] The king and council have ordained for his estate.He is to have £10 from the king's wardrobe for his expenses in his country. And he is further to have a command to the Constable of Bordeaux to pay him his wages, and he is also to have £100 tournois annually until the king has been informed of his losses and damages.
- Places mentioned
- Salles, [Guyenne, France]
- Bearn, [France]
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- [Gaston], Lord of Bearn
- [Charles IV], King of France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand and language, this petition comes from the aftermath of the war of St Sardos, and most probably from the early years of the reign of Edward III. It would seem likely to predate the instructions to pay the petitioner, his brother and his uncle on m.4 of C 61/41, which are dated 18 August 1329.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to pay the petitioner, his brother and his uncle, see m.4 of C 61/41
For another petition from the Lord of Salles, his brother and his uncle, see SC 8/283/14107
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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/C9682241/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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