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Thomas de Lancastre (Lancaster). de Lancastre (Lancaster) Thomas King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/291/14521

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Reference
SC 8/291/14521
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Lancastre (Lancaster).
Name(s)
de Lancastre (Lancaster), Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Thomas de Lancastre states that before the beginning of the war, when the Vicomte of Fronsac surrendered Fronsac to the King of France, he loaded a small boat ('farcost') with herring at Bordeaux, to travel to Libourne, and it was robbed in the Dordogne. Opposite Fronsac, by malefactors who were then in the castle on behalf of the King of France. Then, when the land was in the hand of the King of France, Thomas was exiled by the French, and had to abandon his wife and children, who then died, as John de Haveringe can attest, and John de St John knows well. After that he served the king in Gascony throughout the war, without receiving any wages for himself or for two servants. He requests some service or bailiwick in a castle or good town in Gascony, so that he might support himself and recover his losses; and he requests some compensation for his expenses in the king's service.
Nature of endorsement
The Seneschal is to be ordered to provide him with an office which is suitable for him.
Places mentioned
Fronsac, [Guyenne, France]
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Libourne, [Guyenne, France]
River Dordogne, [France].
People mentioned
Vicomte de Fronsac
[Philip IV], King of France
John de Haveringe (Havering)
John de Seint Johan (St John).
Note
Dated to 1305 with reference to Roles Gascons, vol. III no.4680, which is dated 1 April 1305, and which is clearly in response to this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Nicholas Radford 1385(?)-1455', G.H. Radford, (Transactions of the Devonshire Associati, 1903), pp.185-186 (discussion of petition)
  • Roles Gascons, vol. III (1290-1307), ed. C. Bemont, (, 1906), no.4680 (instructions to provide the petitioner with a suitable office)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735683/

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