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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bernard (Bernat) de la Spare (Lesparre), Lord of Labarde. de la Spare (Lesparre),...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/285/14225
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This record is about the Bernard (Bernat) de la Spare (Lesparre), Lord of Labarde. de la Spare (Lesparre),... dating from [c. 1360-c. 1377] 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 8/285/14225
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1360-c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bernard (Bernat) de la Spare (Lesparre), Lord of Labarde.
- Name(s)
- de la Spare (Lesparre), Lord of Labarde, Bernard (Bernat)
- Addressees
- Council.
- Places mentioned
- Labarde, [Guyenne, France]
- Aquitaine, [France]
- Dax, [Gascony, France]
- Monflanquin, [Guyenne, France].
- Nature of request
- Bernard de la Spare, Lord of Labarde, states that he has served the king well and loyally all his life in his wars in Aquitaine, and has been captured and imprisoned, and has sold much of his inheritance to pay his ransom. He requests the prevote of Dax for term of life and the town and castellany of Monflanquin for himself and his heirs. He also asks that all his tenants, free or vilein, wherever they are outside his power, might be free of watches, manual work, and charges not found in ancient charters.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to the office of Dax: the gift of this office belongs to the Constable of Bordeaux, and the king does not wish to dismember what pertains to this office.With regard to the town and castellany: the king wishes to be informed how and in what way they were lost and recovered, and by whom, and how much they are worth annually.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand, and the petitioner's mention of having served the king all his life, this petition would seem to be datable to the latter part of the reign of Edward III, after the Treaty of Bretigny, and possibly after the outbreak of war again in 1369.
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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/C9682337/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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