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Galhard (Gaillard) de Saint-Symphorien, Lord of Landiras. de Saint-Symphorien, Lord...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/289/14405

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This record is about the Galhard (Gaillard) de Saint-Symphorien, Lord of Landiras. de Saint-Symphorien, Lord... dating from [1328-? c. 1337] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/289/14405
Date
[1328-? c. 1337]
Description
Petitioners
Galhard (Gaillard) de Saint-Symphorien, Lord of Landiras.
Name(s)
de Saint-Symphorien, Lord of Landiras, Galhard (Gaillard)
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[This petition is faded and hard to read] Galhard, Lord of Landiras, states that at the beginning of the war in Gascony between the king's father and the late king of France, the French seized and occupied his rents, and still hold them; and he has had no compensation for this. He asks that the Constable of Bordeaux might be ordered to pay him what is owed him for this reason since the start of the war, without delay.
Nature of endorsement
The king will send certain people to the Duchy who, on the advice of the Seneschal and Constable, and of others of the king's council there, will do what is to be done for this request.
Places mentioned
Landiras, [Guyenne, France]
Gascony, [France]
France
Duchy [of Guyenne (Aquitaine), France].
People mentioned
[Edward II], King of England
[Charles IV], King of France.
Note
Datable to after the death of Charles IV, King of France, in 1328.
Related material

For another petition possibly from the same petitioner and his mother, see SC 8/293/14627

For a transcript, see p.101 of PRO 31/7/135

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/283/14120

For another petition possibly from the same petitioner, see SC 8/287/14317

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/C9735566/

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