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Mahieu (Matthew) Gaude, king's clerk in Ponthieu. Gaude Mahieu (Matthew) King. king's...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/288/14364

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This record is about the Mahieu (Matthew) Gaude, king's clerk in Ponthieu. Gaude Mahieu (Matthew) King. king's... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1345] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/288/14364
Date
[? c. 1320-? c. 1345]
Description
Petitioners
Mahieu (Matthew) Gaude, king's clerk in Ponthieu.
Name(s)
Gaude, Mahieu (Matthew)
Addressees
King.
Occupation
king's clerk in Ponthieu
Nature of request
Mahieu Gaude, king's clerk in Ponthieu, states that he has served the king in Ponthieu to the best of his ability for 20 years and more, and asks that, in remuneration for this, he and his heirs might have an oven in Abbeville, and the right to receive the profits from it after the death of Lyesse, widow of Bernard Hokessel, which is in the king's hand after the forfeiture of Jacques de Seuarpont, accused of the killing of Jean called Gros Oeill.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege et magno consilio suo.The Seneschal of Ponthieu is to be ordered to inform himself of the cause and other things contained in the petition, and to inform the king.
Places mentioned
Ponthieu, [France]
Abbeville, [Picardy, France].
People mentioned
Jacques de Seuarpont
Jean (John) called Gros Oeill (Gros Oeil)
Lyesse [Hokessel], widow of Bernard Hokessel
Bernard Hokessel.
Note
Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand.
Related material

For a transcript, see p.4 of PRO 31/7/129

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/C9735525/

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