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Bernard (Bernat) de Libarren Doudemek. de Libarren Doudemek Bernard (Bernat) King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/287/14332
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This record is about the Bernard (Bernat) de Libarren Doudemek. de Libarren Doudemek Bernard (Bernat) King... 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/287/14332
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1325-? c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bernard (Bernat) de Libarren Doudemek.
- Name(s)
- de Libarren Doudemek, Bernard (Bernat)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Bernard de Libarren Doudemek states that he has served the king in the keeping of Gascony, in the company of William Raymond de Caumond, and has suffered for this both in body and in goods, so that he has nothing on which to live or with which to aid himself. He asks that he might be the king's servant, called a 'message' in the language of the country, in the sovereign territory of Soule and in the castellany of Mauleon, for term of life; and he requests the king's letters for this.
- Nature of endorsement
- To my lord William Raymond de Caumond.He is to have a letter to the Seneschal and Constable to deliver the bailiwick to him to hold at the king's pleasure; and they are to inform the king quickly of the value.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Suthe (Soule), [Gascony, France]
- Mauleon, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- William Raymond (Guilhem Ramon) de Caumond (Caumont).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand and language, and from the content, this petition would seem to date from the aftermath of the war of St Sardos.
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For a transcript, see p.49 of PRO 31/7/136
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9735492/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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