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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
Item
John Gerdoun of Bourg; Ananyu Mercer of Bourg. Gerdoun; Mercer John; Ananyu King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15553
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This record is about the John Gerdoun of Bourg; Ananyu Mercer of Bourg. Gerdoun; Mercer John; Ananyu King... dating from [? 1325-? 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/311/15553
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1325-? 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Gerdoun of Bourg; Ananyu Mercer of Bourg.
- Name(s)
- Gerdoun; Mercer, John; Ananyu
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Brothers Gerdoun and Mercer, who have lost all their goods in Bourg and have come to the King's fealty at Bordeaux but have nothing on which to live, request that the constable of Bordeaux be ordered to pay them a daily wage until they can have recovery of their homages.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bourg (Bourg-sur-Gironde), [Guyenne, France]
- Bordeaux, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Constable of Bordeaux.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated impressionistically on the basis of the hand and the content, to the second quarter of the fourteenth century.
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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/C9682563/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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