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Gailhard .... Gailhard [Lost]. [The document is badly damaged and is missing much...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E813

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This record is about the Gailhard .... Gailhard [Lost]. [The document is badly damaged and is missing much... dating from [c. 1308-c. 1312] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/327/E813
Date
[c. 1308-c. 1312]
Description
Petitioners
Gailhard ....
Name(s)
Gailhard
Addressees
[Lost].
Nature of request
[The document is badly damaged and is missing much of its upper half].Gailhard requests that the mayor [? of Bordeaux] be commanded to deliver certain prisoners to him, and not to hinder him in his prevote. He also complains of the expense of his office especially in the payment of robes to the clerk of Ombriere and 8 servants there, and he asks for respite and that it be ordained in such a way that he might hold his provote and the king's rights preserved.
Nature of endorsement
[Now illegible because of repairs made to the document].
Places mentioned
Ombriere, [Bordeaux, Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
Clerk of the Ombriere.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1308-c. 1312 as it seems to be contemporary with the preceding petition, and they may have been enclosed together, both having suffered similar damage.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682808/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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