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Otto (Oth, Otho) de Lados, esquire, of Gascony. de Lados Otto (Oth, Otho) King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/288/14400

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This record is about the Otto (Oth, Otho) de Lados, esquire, of Gascony. de Lados Otto (Oth, Otho) King and... dating from [? c. 1298-? c. 1320] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/288/14400
Date
[? c. 1298-? c. 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Otto (Oth, Otho) de Lados, esquire, of Gascony.
Name(s)
de Lados, Otto (Oth, Otho)
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Otto de Lados states that because he worked to maintain and promote the king's lordship and his ministers, he is greatly hated by the king's great enemies, and was banished and condemned in the court of France because of it. He was acquitted by the general grace done to the king by the king of France, but because of the malice of the king's enemies this did not take effect: and they have pursued him to the death and continue to do so. They have accused him of a crime of which he is not guilty, and, because he was afraid of being arrested in the power of those who hold the lordship in that country for the Pope's people, who are allied to his enemies, he put himself into the prison of the Count of Foix; before whom he is not accused. His enemies are procuring to have him brought into their power, which will be his death. He asks that the Count of Foix might be ordered to send him to England under safeguard, where he is sure he will be found to be good and loyal, and acquitted of all charges.
Nature of endorsement
The Seneschal of Gascony is to be ordered to inform himself on the contents of the petition and to inform the king.
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France]
France.
People mentioned
King of France
Pope
Count of Foix.
Note
Tentatively dated by the hand and language. Very possibly related to the matter on which Otto de Lados petitions in SC 8/286/14293, datable to 1312-1313.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/241/12020

For a transcript, see p.22 of PRO 31/7/135

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/C9735561/

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