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Arnold Garsias (Arnaut Gassia) de Thoars, knight, and Arnold (Arnaut) de Monpesat...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/285/14209

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SC 8/285/14209
Date
[1327-1330]
Description
Petitioners
Arnold Garsias (Arnaut Gassia) de Thoars, knight, and Arnold (Arnaut) de Monpesat (Montpezat).
Name(s)
de Thoars; de Monpesat (Montpezat), Arnold Garsias (Arnaut Gassia); Arnold (Arnaut)
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Arnold Garsias de Thoars and Arnold de Monpesat request confirmation of gifts of enemy land and goods made to them and their heirs and successors by the Earl of Kent, until they had recovered their inheritances, lost because of their service to the king's father. They also ask that the present Constable of Bordeaux, or the person who will be Constable, might be ordered to pay them the money due to them for their wages and the loss of their horses.
Nature of endorsement
The king will take advice from the Earl of Kent, and from others who have knowledge of the Duchy, on the things contained in the petition, and will further make a suitable reply.
Places mentioned
Duchy of Guyenne, [France].
People mentioned
Edmund [of Woodstock], Earl of Kent
[Edward II], King of England.
Note
Datable to 1327-1330 by mention of service to the king's father, and of consultation with the Earl of Kent, who died in 1330. Clearly contemporary with SC 8/285/14211. There is a promise to reward Arnold Garsias de Thoars on m.4d of C 61/40, which is dated 28 June 1328.
Related material

For a near-identical petition from two other petitioners, see SC 8/285/14211

For a promise to reward Arnold Garsias de Thoars, see m.4d of C 61/40

For another petition from Arnold de Monpesat, see SC 8/168/8351

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/C9682321/

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