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Barrau de Markays (Marques) of Gascony. de Markays (Marques) Barrau King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/287/14318

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This record is about the Barrau de Markays (Marques) of Gascony. de Markays (Marques) Barrau King and council.... dating from [? c. 1325-? c. 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/287/14318
Date
[? c. 1325-? c. 1335]
Description
Petitioners
Barrau de Markays (Marques) of Gascony.
Name(s)
de Markays (Marques), Barrau
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France]
France
Bazas, [Guyenne, France]
Langon, [Guyenne, France]
Bazadais, [Guyenne, France]
Bordelais, [Guyenne, France].
Nature of request
Barrau de Markays states that since the beginning of the war, the French have withheld from him his land in Bazas and Langon, and elsewhere in the Bazadais, worth £40 sterling. He asks that he might be granted land to the same value from the lands forfeited by rebels in the Bordelais; and that he might have a writ to the Constable of Bordeaux for this.
Nature of endorsement
The king has ordained that certain great people will be sent quickly with full power to do the things which are appropriate and profitable for himself and his subjects; and the king will order them that, when they have informed themselves of his losses, they are to give him such recompense as is appropriate and as might reasonably suffice.
Note
Tentatively dated on the guard to c. 1340, with reference to a grant of lands to the petitioner, in compensation for his service, on 4 August 15 Edward III (1341) (Carte, vol. I p.108; m. 6 of C 61/53). But from the content the petition seems to be earlier, from the aftermath of the war of St Sardos. From the similar request and identical response, contemporary with SC 8/287/14319, SC 8/287/14320, SC 8/287/14321, SC 8/287/14327, SC 8/287/14329, SC 8/288/14358 and SC 8/289/14409.
Related material

For a transcript, see p.29 of PRO 31/7/137

For a similar petition with the same response, see SC 8/292/14587

For another petition with the same response, see SC 8/293/14615

For a very similar petition with the same response, see SC 8/287/14320

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735478/

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