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Gerald (Geraut) de Colonges, clerk, of le Mas-d'Agenais. de Colonges Gerald (Geraut)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/291/14533
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This record is about the Gerald (Geraut) de Colonges, clerk, of le Mas-d'Agenais. de Colonges Gerald (Geraut)... 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 8/291/14533
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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
- Gerald (Geraut) de Colonges, clerk, of le Mas-d'Agenais.
- Name(s)
- de Colonges, Gerald (Geraut)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk, of le Mas-d'Agenais
- Nature of request
- Gerald de Colonges, clerk, of le Mas-d'Agenais, states that he was accused by his enemies of having killed Raoul de Beslog, and arrested by the Official of Agen; and the people of the King of France, who held all Gascony at that time, took his goods. He has now been acquitted and has purged himself, and is known not to be guilty of that charge. His goods are now in the hands of the king's people, and he asks that the Seneschal of the Agenais and his people might be ordered to return his goods to him, together with the fruits of these possessons from the time when they were in the king's hand.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Seneschal is to be ordered that, if it is as he has recounted, and no other's right is against him, he is to deliver his lands to him.
- Places mentioned
- Le Mas-d'Agenais, [Guyenne, France]
- Agen, [Guyenne, France]
- Gascony, [France]
- Agenais, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- Raoul de Beslog (Beaulieu)
- [Philip IV], King of France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to 1305 with reference to Roles Gascons, vol. III no.4791, which is dated 30 March 1305, and which is clearly in response to this petition.
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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.4791 (instructions to return the petitioner's goods to him, if this is why they are held)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735695/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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