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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of Bayonne. [King]. The community of Bayonne makes three requests.1) They...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15658
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This record is about the Community of Bayonne. [King]. The community of Bayonne makes three requests.1) They... dating from [c. 1312] 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 8/331/15658
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Bayonne.
- Addressees
- [King].
- Nature of request
- The community of Bayonne makes three requests.1) They ask the King to confirm their choice of mayor, received by Ferrers.2) They state that the lord of Albret has closed the waterway by which they bring merchandises and victuals into the city, and taken six merchants of the city, and ask that the seneschal of Gascony order him to reopen the waterway and release the merchants3) They request letters patent to the seneschal of Gascony to protect them from the commissaries of the King of France, who constantly trouble them because of their allegiance to the King and have taken £20,000 Tourneis from them.
- Nature of endorsement
- 1) [Left-hand side missing] In response to the second petition, the seneschal of Gascony and Ferre should be instructed to have those who have made the obstructions remove them ...2) They should have protection in a competent form.
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- Gascony, [France]
- Albret (La Bret), [Gascony, France]
- France
- Aquitaine, [France].
- People mentioned
- John de Ferreres (Ferrers), late seneschal of Gascony
- [Amaneu], lord of Albret
- [Philip IV], King of France
- Guy Ferre.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1312 or later, since it refers to John de Ferrers as the late seneschal of Gascony.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal Letter 3785.
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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/C9683069/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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