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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
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Proctors of Bayonne. King. [This petition is badly damaged, and only about half survives]...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/287/14310
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This record is about the Proctors of Bayonne. King. [This petition is badly damaged, and only about half survives]... dating from [? c. 1316-? c. 1319] 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 8/287/14310
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1316-? c. 1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Proctors of Bayonne.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged, and only about half survives] The proctors of Bayonne state that when Amaury, Lord of Creon, was [Seneschal] of Gascony, he settled an internal discord of the burgesses and community of Bayonne, putting the office of mayor . . . three years, on the express understanding that . . . when the term had passed, it would be returned to the citizens of Bayonne . . . three men as mayors as is the manner . . . might confirm one of them as mayor.
- Nature of endorsement
- . . . or who is for the time being, that, after examining the indenture concerning the contents of the petition . . . then he is to return their office of mayor to them, so that he who is now . . . appoint as mayor one of the three presentees . . . to them, when it pleases him otherwise . . .
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Amaury [de Craon (Creon)], Lord of Creon, [Seneschal] of Gascony.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Amaury de Craon was Seneschal of Gascony between July 1313 and August 1316, and the petition seems to suggest that he deprived the community of Bayonne of the right to appoint a mayor for three years, which has now expired: dating the petition to about 1316-1319.
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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)
- Added from Unsorted Miscellanea on 16/1/76.
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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/C9735470/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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