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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John (Joan) de Luc, clerk. de Luc John (Joan) King and council. Bordeaux, [Guyenne,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/291/14512
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This record is about the John (Joan) de Luc, clerk. de Luc John (Joan) King and council. Bordeaux, [Guyenne,... dating from [? 1305] 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 8/291/14512
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John (Joan) de Luc, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Luc, John (Joan)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Gascony, [France]
- France.
- Nature of request
- John de Luc states that the king gave him the office of comptroller of the Mayoralty of Bordeaux, which he held for more than three and a half years before the war in Gascony, when he was expelled by the French. He asks that he might be reinstated, as he has long served the king, and the office was given to him for term of life for his service.
- Nature of endorsement
- Gascony.Entered.The Seneschal is to be ordered to allow him to remain in office according to the king's letter, if he finds him to be suitable, or if he has not done anything to prevent his occupying it.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Roles Gascons, vol. III, no.1926 is dated 26 June 1291, and no.4722 is dated 30 March 1305. This may be the office mentioned here, although it is not certain, but in any case the petition, like others in this file, is likely to date from this year.
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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)
- Roles Gascons, vol. III (1290-1307), ed. C. Bemont, (, 1906), no.1926 (grant of the 'officium scribanie majorie Burdegale' to the petitioner) & no.4722 (orders to place the petitioner in this office)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735674/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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