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Arnold (Arnaut) de Barssac (Barsac), clerk of Arnold Callau, citizen of Bordeaux,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/291/14528

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This record is about the Arnold (Arnaut) de Barssac (Barsac), clerk of Arnold Callau, citizen of Bordeaux,... dating from [1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/291/14528
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Arnold (Arnaut) de Barssac (Barsac), clerk of Arnold Callau, citizen of Bordeaux, notary of Bordeaux.
Name(s)
de Barssac (Barsac), Arnold (Arnaut)
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
clerk of Arnold Callau, citizen of Bordeaux, notary of Bordeaux
Nature of request
Arnold de Barssac states that he is a notary of Bordeaux, and has always served the king to the best of his ability at his own expense. He requests licence to receive under his [the king's] seal which is in use in Bordeaux and the Bordelais, which will be to the king's profit.
Nature of endorsement
The Seneschal is to be ordered that, if he finds him suitable for the office, he is to put him in it.
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Bordelais, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
Arnold (Arnaut) Callau (Calhau), citizen of Bordeaux.
Note
Dated to 1305 with reference to Roles Gascons, vol. III, no.4747, which is dated 30 March 1305, and which seems to be in response to this petition.
Related material

For a related document, see E 101/12/39

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/96/4776

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Roles Gascons, vol. III (1290-1307), ed. C. Bemont, (, 1906), no.4747 (instuctions to give the petitioner the office of receiving recognisances for debts under statute merchant, and making instruments of all sorts under the seal that the king uses in the Bordelais, if he is found to be suitable)
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