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Ramfre de Durefort (Durfort), formerly lord of the castle of Bajamont. de Durefort...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/290/14486

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Reference
SC 8/290/14486
Date
[1337]
Description
Petitioners
Ramfre de Durefort (Durfort), formerly lord of the castle of Bajamont.
Name(s)
de Durefort (Durfort), Ramfre
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Ramfre de Durefort, formerly lord of the castle of Bajamont, makes two requests:1) He states that he and his ancestors have always held the castle of Bajamont of the King of England, Duke of Guyenne, but that, at the king's specific command, he has lately delivered it to the Seneschal of Gascony and his lieutenant, to be delivered to the ministers of the King of France, to his great disinheritance. He requests, in compensation, the prevote of Blaye with certain tolls (bladage and carnelage) there, for term of life.2) He states that another castle of his, Belok, was captured with force and arms and completely destroyed by Charles de Valois, father of the present king of France, when he came to Agenais to fight the King of England twelve years and more ago. In compensation he requests the bailiwicks of Penne and Puymirol, with all their appurtenances, for term of life.
Nature of endorsement
He is to have the bailiwick of Puymirol for term of life, at a value of 100 marks per annum, in compensation for his losses.
Places mentioned
Bajamont (St-Arnaud), [Guyenne, France]
France
Penne-d'Agenais, [Guyenne, France]
Puymirol, [Guyenne, France]
Saint-Macaire, [Guyenne, France]
Belok, [unidentified]
Agenais, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
Charles de Walays (Valois), [Count of Valois]
[Philip VI], King of France.
Note
The grant of the bailie of Puymirol to the petitioner is dated 20 March 11 Edward III (1337) (Carte, vol. I p.83; m.38 of C 61/49). Petition edited in Nicole de Pena, Documents sur la Maison de Durfort, vol. I (Bordeaux, 1977), pp.441-442, no.743.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner and his brother, see SC 8/281/14050

For a transcript, see p.152 of PRO 31/7/126

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/85/4209

For the grant of the bailiwick of Puymirol to the petitioner, see m.38 of C 61/49

For a petition from the petitioner's father, see SC 8/283/14129

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Catalogue des rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois, vol. I, ed. T. Carte, (, 1743), p.83 (grant of bailiwick of Puymirol to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735648/

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