Piece
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
Item
Albert (Aubert) Mege (Mire). Mege (Mire) Albert (Aubert) King. Albert makes two requests:1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/286/14281
What’s it about?
This record is about the Albert (Aubert) Mege (Mire). Mege (Mire) Albert (Aubert) King. Albert makes two requests:1)... dating from [? c. 1327-? c. 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/286/14281
-
Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1327-? c. 1335]
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
- Petitioners
- Albert (Aubert) Mege (Mire).
- Name(s)
- Mege (Mire), Albert (Aubert)
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Albert makes two requests:1) states that the king's father gave and confirmed to him the offices of comptroller of the mayoralty of Bordeaux and of scrivener of the prevote of the Ombriere of Bordeaux, as can be seen from his letters under the great seal. He asks that these offices might be confirmed, and that letters might be sent to the Seneschal of Gascony to pay him the arrears of the office of comptroller.2) He states that his pension as counsellor is in arrears, and ask that the Constable might be ordered to pay him the arrears, and to pay the pension for as long as it please the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face, to first] With regard to the confirmation, coram rege. With regard to the payment of the arrears: this is for the Seneschal, calling the parties, to do justice.[To second] The Constable is to be ordered to pay him what is due to him for the time of the present king, like the others.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- [Edward II], King of England.
-
Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand, language and content, this petition would seem to date from early in the reign of Edward III. Edward II gave the petitioner the office of comptroller of Bordeaux on 1 January 1313 (Gascon Roles 1307-17, no. 792) and the office of scrivener of the prevote of the Ombriere on 2 April 1309 (Roles 1307-17, no. 214).
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- French
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Gascon Rolls 1307-1317, ed. Y. Renaud, (Public Record Office, 1962), no.792 (grant to the petitioner of the office of comptroller of Bordeaux) & no. 214 (grant to the petitioner of the office of scrivener of the prevote of the Ombriere)
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682393/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
74,884 records
Within the department: SC
Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
18,283 records
Within the series: SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
51 records
Within the piece: SC 8/286
14251-14300. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...
You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/286/14281
Albert (Aubert) Mege (Mire). Mege (Mire) Albert (Aubert) King. Albert makes two requests:1)...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.