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Brunet Emeryk (Aimeric), king's sergeant in the Duchy of Guyenne. Emeryk (Aimeric)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/288/14358

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This record is about the Brunet Emeryk (Aimeric), king's sergeant in the Duchy of Guyenne. Emeryk (Aimeric)... 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 8/288/14358
Date
[? c. 1325-? c. 1335]
Description
Petitioners
Brunet Emeryk (Aimeric), king's sergeant in the Duchy of Guyenne.
Name(s)
Emeryk (Aimeric), Brunet
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
king's sergeant in the Duchy of Guyenne
Nature of request
Brunet Emeryk states that he lost all his possessions at Mirambeau four years ago because of the war, and asks that in part compensation for this he might have the lands that lady Esteise Damacoutz and Fulk her son have in the honour of Bourg and Blaye. [Another request, for the keeping of the mint at Bordeaux, has been deleted.]
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.
Places mentioned
Duchy of Guyenne, [France]
Mirambeau, [Saintonge, France]
Bourg, [Guyenne, France]
Blaye, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
Lady Esteise Damacoutz (de Mastace)
Fulk (Foulques) [Damacoutz (de Mastace)].
Note
From the hand, language, and contents, datable to the aftermath of the war of St Sardos, and probably to the early years of the reign of Edward III. From the similar request and identical response, contemporary with SC 8/287/14318, SC 8/287/14319, SC 8/287/14320, SC 8/287/14321, SC 8/287/14327, SC 8/287/14329 and SC 8/289/14409.
Related material

For another petition with a similar response, see SC 8/287/14318

For a transcript, see p.63 of PRO 31/7/153

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/285/14218

For another petition with the same response, see SC 8/287/14319

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/C9735518/

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