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Guitard de la Brett (Albret), Vicomte of Tartas. de la Brett (Albret), Vicomte of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/289/14447
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This record is about the Guitard de la Brett (Albret), Vicomte of Tartas. de la Brett (Albret), Vicomte of... dating from [? 1336] 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 8/289/14447
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Guitard de la Brett (Albret), Vicomte of Tartas.
- Name(s)
- de la Brett (Albret), Vicomte of Tartas, Guitard
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Guitard de la Brett makes four requests:1) He states that he has been retained as the king's man and has the king's charters for this, and requests confirmation.2) He states that he cannot be paid the fee assigned to him for this retaining, because of the lack of money in the Constabulary, and asks that his fee may be assigned to him from the bailiwicks of Auribat, Pontonx, Gosse, and Seignanx, with the remainder to be received from the Constabulary in Bordeaux.3) He states that it is written in the terms of his retaining that if because of his adherence to the king, the King of France should occupy his lands, the king should give him compensation of equal value. The King of France has now, since he was retained, seized his wife's lands, worth more than £250 sterling annually, and so he requests compensation.4) He states that the King of France has ordered the Count of Foix and his ministers in the land that he occupies in the Duchy to harass and make war on him and his lands, because he will not leave his allegiance to the King of England. He asks that the Seneschal and Constable and the king's other ministers, and the towns and communities in those parts, might be ordered to aid him to defend his lands and drive them out.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face, to first] The charters are to be confirmed.[To second] The Seneschal is to be written to, to have it assigned to him in a suitable place.[To third] The king will ordain in such a way that he will consider himself satisfied.[To fourth] The Seneschal is to be ordered to aid him. [On dorse] Coram rege et magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Tartas, [Gascony, France]
- Auribat (Saint-Geours-d'Auribat), [Gascony, France]
- Pontonx-sur-l'Adour, [Gascony, France]
- Gosse, [Gascony, France]
- Seignanx, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- [Philip VI], King of France
- [Gaston], Count of Foix.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Probably datable to 1336 with reference to Carte, vol. I p.83 and m.1 of C 61/48, which are dated 20 October 10 Edward III (1336), and which would seem to be in response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to allow the petitioner his fee from the bailiwicks mentioned and others, see m.1 of C 61/48
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Catalogue des rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois, vol. I, ed. T. Carte, (, 1743), p.83 (calendar of m.1 of C 61/48)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735609/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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