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Petitioners

William Arnold (Guilhem Arnaut), Lord of Auros.

Name(s)

Lord of Auros, William Arnold (Guilhem Arnaut)

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

William Arnold, Lord of Auros, states that he has served the king well and loyally in the war in Gascony, and is always ready to serve him to the best of his ability, but that he is owed arrears of his wages from the time when John Travers was Constable of Bordeaux, and from the time of the present Constable as well. He asks that the present Constable, or the person who will be Constable for the time being, might be ordered to pay him these arrears, or to make him an allowance from the prevote of Entre-Deux-Mers, so that he can continue to serve the king, for his benefit and that of the Duchy.

Nature of endorsement

The Constable of Bordeaux is to be ordered to account with him and to pay him what is found from the account to be due to him, as soon as he properly can.

Places mentioned

Auros, [Guyenne, France]

Gascony, [France]

Entre-Deux-Mers, [Guyenne, France]

Duchy [of Guyenne, France].

People mentioned

John Travers, Constable of Bordeaux.

For instructions to pay the petitioner his wages, see m.4 of C 61/41

For instructions to pay the petitioner his wages, see m.7 of C 61/40

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/284/14165

For another petition possibly from the same petitioner, see SC 8/194/9662