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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bernard (Bernat) de la Roture of Gascony; William (Guilhem) de la Roture of Gascony,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/288/14379
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This record is about the Bernard (Bernat) de la Roture of Gascony; William (Guilhem) de la Roture of Gascony,... dating from [? c. 1334] 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 8/288/14379
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bernard (Bernat) de la Roture of Gascony; William (Guilhem) de la Roture of Gascony, brother of Bernard de la Roture.
- Name(s)
- de la Roture; de la Roture, Bernard (Bernat); William (Guilhem)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Bernard and William de la Roture state that they have served the king and his father in the wars in Gascony and have been disinherited for ten years and more because of this, as the French have their inheritances in their hands. They ask that because of this, and because of Bernard's service in Scotland, they might have 12d. sterling a day to be received from the Treasurer in Bordeaux, until they can recover their inheritance.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- [Edward II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the content, this petition would seem to date from about ten years after the war of St Sardos.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from Bernard de la Roture, see SC 8/287/14320
For a transcript, see p.17 of PRO 31/7/142
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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/C9735540/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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