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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Amic, king's clerk and counsellor in Gascony. Amic John King and council. Gascony,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/286/14276
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This record is about the John Amic, king's clerk and counsellor in Gascony. Amic John King and council. Gascony,... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1335] 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 8/286/14276
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-? c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Amic, king's clerk and counsellor in Gascony.
- Name(s)
- Amic, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Duchy[of Guyenne, France].
- Nature of request
- John Amic makes three requests: 1) He states that he has been retained as counsellor by the Seneschal of Gascony, with a certain fee, as can be seen from the Seneschal's letters, and asks that this might be confirmed by the king's letters patent. 2) He states that he is owed money for the fee mentioned above, as the issues of the Duchy are so small that the Seneschal cannot pay him, and asks that the Constable might be ordered to pay him from the king's treasure sent there, and from the other monies in the Constable's keeping. 3) He states that he has been retained as counsellor by the Seneschal of Gascony, and asks that this might be confirmed. [This is added later, and seems to be a reiteration of (1) above].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and language, and of the references to the poverty of the Duchy. The Master Jean Amici, mentioned on p.250 of Angevin Legacy as a go-between between the Constable and the officials of the French court in 1334-1335, would seem to be the same man.
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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/C9682388/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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