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Margaret (Marguerite, Margaride) de Bearn, Vicomtesse of Bearn and Foix. de Bearn,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/288/14395

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Reference
SC 8/288/14395
Date
[1309]
Description
Petitioners
Margaret (Marguerite, Margaride) de Bearn, Vicomtesse of Bearn and Foix.
Name(s)
de Bearn, Vicomtesse of Bearn and Foix, Margaret (Marguerite, Margaride)
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Margaret, Vicomtesse of Bearn and of Foix, makes two requests:1) She states that due execution of the testament of her father, Gaston de Bearn, has been unreasonably delayed. She asks that some noble man of the Duchy of Guyenne, as the Seneschal is not there, and the Seneschal when he is there, might be ordered to have the testament upheld and carried out in due manner, according to the laws and customs of the country; and that if anyone is found hindering or obstructing the execution of this testament unduly, that he might be compelled to carry it out.2) She states that as she has sworn to be good and loyal to the king, and he has sworn to protect her from wrong and from force, he might also uphold her in her rightful possessions, and take her into his special protection and safekeeping. And she requests letters patent for this, according to the due form.
Nature of endorsement
[On face, to first] It is to be done, saving another's right.[To second] It is to be done, saving another's right.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Bearn, [Gascony, France]
Foix, [Languedoc, France]
Guyenne, [France].
People mentioned
Gaston de Bearn, father of Margaret, Vicomtesse of Bearn and Foix.
Note
Gascon Rolls 1307-17 nos. 273 and 274 are dated 27 August 1309, and are clearly in response to this petition.
Related material

For a transcript, see p.65 of PRO 31/7/122

For another petition from the same petitioner, see no. 14 of C 47/25/2

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/187/9301

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Gascon Rolls 1307-1317, ed. Y. Renaud, (Public Record Office, 1962), no.273 (instructions to take the petitioner into the king's protection and safekeeping) & no.274 (instructions to put the testament of Gaston de Bearn into execution)
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