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Viana (Viane) de Gontaldo (Gontaud), of the diocese of Agen. de Gontaldo (Gontaud)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/289/14418

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This record is about the Viana (Viane) de Gontaldo (Gontaud), of the diocese of Agen. de Gontaldo (Gontaud)... dating from [? c. 1250-1285] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/289/14418
Date
[? c. 1250-1285]
Description
Petitioners
Viana (Viane) de Gontaldo (Gontaud), of the diocese of Agen.
Name(s)
de Gontaldo (Gontaud), Viana (Viane)
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Viana de Gontaldo makes two requests:1) She requests permission to construct a house of nuns in a place called Pons Viridis near Condom.2) She asks the king to take this convent into his patronage and protection.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] The king is to be informed by the Seneschal etc.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Agen diocese, [Guyenne, France]
Condom, [Gascony, France]
Pons Viridis [unidentified], [Gascony, France].
Note
Datable to before 1285 with reference to a mention of the petitioner, now deceased, in Roles Gascons, vol. II no.938, dated 20 June 1285; otherwise dated on the basis of the hand.
Related material

For a transcript, see p.121 of PRO 31/7/130

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735580/

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