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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Bonnegarde. King and council. The people of Bonnegarde state that their...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/285/14226
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This record is about the People of Bonnegarde. King and council. The people of Bonnegarde state that their... dating from [? 1342] 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 8/285/14226
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1342]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Bonnegarde.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Bonnegarde state that their town is on the frontier with the king's enemies, and more troubled by the enemy than any other place in Gascony, and that in the last four years they have been deprived of everything they have except the gates of their town, and have received no aid in men or money from the king or his seneschal. Because of this they have paid themselves for 200 foot soldiers to defend their town throughout the war, and are greatly impoverished. They request aid in men and money, and that their proctors in England might be given some payment for their wages; or, if it does not please the king and council to do this, to give the proctors some counsel and aid, so that they can return to their country without shame to the king or to themselves.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bonnegarde, Gascony, [France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to 1342, with reference to m.32 and m.12 of C 61/54, which are dated respectively 9 March and 1 June 16 Edward III, and which might well be in response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Constable to pay the petitioners an appropriate sum of money and their wages, see m.32, & for instructions to the Seneschal and Constable to pay the petitioners £250 and their wages, see m.12 of C 61/54
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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/C9682338/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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