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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor, jurats and community of Bourg. King and council. The Mayor, jurats and community...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/290/14462
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This record is about the Mayor, jurats and community of Bourg. King and council. The Mayor, jurats and community... dating from [? c. 1370-? c. 1390] 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 8/290/14462
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1370-? c. 1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, jurats and community of Bourg.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor, jurats and community of Bourg state that they have always been accustomed to sell their wines and load them in their town, paying the due customs, but that lately the Constable of Bordeaux has had it proclaimed that no-one should ship wines except from Bordeaux or Bayonne, to their great harm. They ask the king to grant that ships might be loaded and merchants buy their wines in their town, paying the traditional tolls and customs, as they used to.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is to be ordered that a commission is to be granted to the Seneschal of Aquitaine or to his lieutenant to examine the case well and to do justice to them without delay, so that they have no reason to complain further.
- Places mentioned
- Borc (Borug), [Guyenne, France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Richard Nortland (Northland), captain of Bourg.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Orders were issued to the seneschal of Aquitaine to do justice to the community of Bourg on this matter on 26 February 1377 (Carte, vol. I, p.163; C 61/90, m. 2).
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For a transcript, see p.136 of PRO 31/7/122
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735624/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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