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Bernard (Bernat) de Seynt Martin (St Martin), valet. de Seynt Martin (St Martin)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/284/14183

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Reference
SC 8/284/14183
Date
[? 1327-? 1332]
Description
Petitioners
Bernard (Bernat) de Seynt Martin (St Martin), valet.
Name(s)
de Seynt Martin (St Martin), Bernard (Bernat)
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Bernard de Seynt Martin states that he has served throughout the war between the king's father and the King of France, and that the King of France's people have taken his possessions in the Agenais, and his brother has been killed in the king's service. He requests compensation for these losses in the service of the king and his father. He also requests the bailiwick of Labourd and the custom at Bordeaux on 'obre de terre', as well as the prevote of the Ombriere in Bordeaux or the prevote of Dax, and the castellany of Bayonne: all for term of life.
Nature of endorsement
With regard to the damages and losses: the king has understood that some compensation has been made in such a case, and will shortly send a suitable seneschal to those parts, who will inform himself of the losses and damages given and received, and the damages inflicted, and the condition of the people, and will act in such a manner that everyone will reasonably consider himself satisfied.With regard to the farms and bailiwicks: the king will shortly send a suitable seneschal to the Duchy who will have the power to ordain for the bailiwicks and offices of the same Duchy.
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France]
Agenais, [Guyenne, France]
Labourd, [Gascony, France]
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Dax, [Gascony, France]
Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
Aquitaine, [France].
People mentioned
[Edward II], King of England
[Charles IV], King of France.
Note
From the mention of the king's father, this petition would seem to date from the beginning of the reign of Edward III, and from the mention of the sending of a new seneschal, to either around February 1327 (before the appointment of John de Haustede) or to around June 1332 (before the appointment of Oliver de Ingham). The dating of SC 8/282/14093, which has an identical endorsement, suggests that the latter date is more likely.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682294/

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