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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Peter (Pey) Foucher (Fouchier), king's clerk. Foucher (Fouchier) Peter (Pey) King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/284/14168
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This record is about the Peter (Pey) Foucher (Fouchier), king's clerk. Foucher (Fouchier) Peter (Pey) King... 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 8/284/14168
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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
- Peter (Pey) Foucher (Fouchier), king's clerk.
- Name(s)
- Foucher (Fouchier), Peter (Pey)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- king's clerk
- Nature of request
- Peter Foucher makes two requests:1) He states that his uncle, Pierre Foucher, alias Pierre Ros, was in the service of the king's father as his proctor and defender in the Duchy of Guyenne, and that he was killed in that service, defending the late king's rights; and that he has made great enemies by his suit concerning that death. He requests a letter of safeguard for himself and his people, so that they might be better protected.2) He states that he has long served the late king, and still serves the present king, to no profit, and asks that he might be made the king's general proctor and defender in the Duchy of Guyenne, and that he might either be granted for term of life the emoluments of the defaults in the court of Gascony or that he might have a fee of £40 of the money of the country for that office.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to the first, he is to have what he requests.With regard to the second, the king wishes to be advised concerning this and to do justice and reason.
- Places mentioned
- Guyenne, [France].
- People mentioned
- Peter (Pey) Foucher (Fouchier), alias Peter (Pey) Ros, uncle of petitioner
- [Edward II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the references to service to the king's father, this petition would seem likely to date to the early years of the reign of Edward III.
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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 8/283/14104
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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/C9682279/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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