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Pierre de Fraunce, burgess of Bayonne. de Fraunce Pierre King. Bayonne, [Gascony,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/338/E1249

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This record is about the Pierre de Fraunce, burgess of Bayonne. de Fraunce Pierre King. Bayonne, [Gascony,... dating from [1305-1306] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/338/E1249
Date
[1305-1306]
Description
Petitioners
Pierre de Fraunce, burgess of Bayonne.
Name(s)
de Fraunce, Pierre
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Bayonne, [Gascony, France].
Nature of request
Fraunce requests that he can be released from prison and allowed to go to Bayonne, and to be the king's man, and he will find pledges to answer any complaints against him in the court of the mayor of Bayonne.
Nature of endorsement
They should come to the next parliament and then the king will ordain what he considers ought to be done.
Related material

For an almost identical petition by another burgess of Bayonne, see SC 8/338/E1255

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Diplomatic Documents 1548.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), pp.258, 411, 491 (entries concerning the imprisonment of the petitioner and others of Bayonne)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683378/

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