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William (Guilhem) Renaut, clerk. Renaut William (Guilhem) King. clerk William Renaut,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/286/14294
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/286/14294
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1311-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William (Guilhem) Renaut, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Renaut, William (Guilhem)
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- William Renaut, clerk, son of William Renaut, citizen of Bordeaux, states that when Hugh Huguelin was Constable of Bordeaux, he sold certain lands belonging his father in the parish of Barsac, to pay a debt that his father owed the king for the farm of a bailiwick, and that although the sum for which he sold them amounted to more than the debt, he did not return the surplus to him. He asks for letters to the Seneschal of Gascony, ordering him to inform himself about these things from the Comptroller of Bordeaux or other good men of the council or others, and if he finds that it was so, to recompense William from the issues of the Duchy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Seneschal is to be ordered to inform himself of the things contained etc. And if he finds from his information that Huguelin sold the land and received more than the debt amounted to, and that what he received came to the king's profit, and that the king is paid for the debt, then he is to pay the plaintiff what was thus over etc.
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Barsac, [Guyenne, France]
- Duchy [of Guyenne (Aquitaine), France].
- People mentioned
- William (Guilhem) Renaut, citizen of Bordeaux, father of petitioner
- Hugh (Ugolino) Huguelin (Ugolini), Constable of Bordeaux.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to the reign of Edward II after 1311, with reference to Ugolino Ugolini, who exercised the functions of Constable of Bordeaux for Amerigo de Frescobaldi probably between April 1309 and November 1311, when he is imprisoned, and the king takes the office of Constable into his hand.
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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/C9682406/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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