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Vigorous de Gascoyne (Gascogne, Gascony), king's sergeant. de Gascoyne (Gascogne,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/291/14531
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/291/14531
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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
- Vigorous de Gascoyne (Gascogne, Gascony), king's sergeant.
- Name(s)
- de Gascoyne (Gascogne, Gascony), Vigorous
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- king's sergeant
- Nature of request
- Vigorous de Gascoyne states that he has served the king loyally, on foot and on horseback, during the war in Gascony and before, and has lost one of his limbs in this service. He then came to England to seek the grace of God and of the king, and the king granted him 4d. daily and a robe worth 1 mark. But his letters were made out for 3d. only, and now, at Easter in the king's thirty-third year, he has for six years received only the 3d. and a robe. He requests the king's sustenance in his own land of Gascony, as he has no land, tenements or rent, and cannot live without the king's aid. He also requests the king's help in discharging a debt of 62s. in London, for robes, his chamber, and other things.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king grants this petition, and the Seneschal of Bordeaux is to be commanded about this.To be entered.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition mentions as 'now' the Easter of 33 Edward I (1305). This date is confirmed by Roles Gascons, vol. III no.4754, dated 3 April 1305.
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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.4754 (instructions to the Seneschal of Gascony to give the petitioner suitable sustenance)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735693/
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