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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John (Joan) Lesquirel. Lesquirel John (Joan) King. John Lesquirel states that he...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/285/14213
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This record is about the John (Joan) Lesquirel. Lesquirel John (Joan) King. John Lesquirel states that he... dating from [? 1325-1327] 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 8/285/14213
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1325-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John (Joan) Lesquirel.
- Name(s)
- Lesquirel, John (Joan)
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John Lesquirel states that he has served the king and his father for forty years and more, in England, Gascony, and elsewhere, and the nobles of England who served in the war in Gascony can attest, without any other reward than his sustenance, and that he is now so old and enfeebled that he cannot work. He has also lost houses and vines in Bordeaux to the sum of 100 marks, so that he has nothing from which to live. He requests sustenance for the short time he has to live in the Abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, and that the abbot and convent might be ordered to receive him, and to give him a letter under their common seal as guarantee of his sustenance.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram domino rege.They are to sue before the King's Seneschal, and the Keeper of the Wardrobe, and the King's confessor, who have been assigned to this; and they are further to do for them what is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Canterbury, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- [Edward I], King of England
- Abbot and convent of St Augustine, Canterbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Mention of the petitioner's service of forty years or more to the king and his father suggests a date in the reign of Edward II, and mention of the war in Gascony suggests that this petition is from the immediate aftermath of the war of St Sardos.
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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/C9682325/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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