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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Martin de Lesgor, merchant of Bayonne. de Lesgor Martin King and council. merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/291/14538
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/291/14538
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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
- Martin de Lesgor, merchant of Bayonne.
- Name(s)
- de Lesgor, Martin
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant of Bayonne
- Nature of request
- Martin de Lesgor, petitioning on behalf of himself and of Diego de Begoingne, Peter de Lesgor, and Bernard du Puy, merchants of Bayonne, state that four letters patent, sealed with the seal of the Earl of Lincoln, concerning sums of money owed to the four merchants, were lost in London, in the keeping of the late John de Oleron, merchant of Bayonne, and that despite proclamations in April of the king's twenty-seventh year, they were not found, until three of them were found at Bayonne, in the keeping of Bernard de Saut. The fourth, concerning Martin de Lesgor, has never been found. They have suffered great harm by reason of Bernard's withholding of these letters, and ask that the Mayor and jurats of Bayonne might be ordered to give them compensation against Bernard de Saut.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Mayor and jurats of Bayonne are to be ordered that, calling the parties before them, they are to do justice to them.
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- London.
- People mentioned
- Diego de Begoingne, merchant of Bayonne
- Peter (Pey, Pierre) de Lesgor, merchant of Bayonne
- Bernard (Bernat) du Puy, merchant of Bayonne
- [Henry de Lacy], Earl of Lincoln
- John (Joan) de Oleron, merchant of Bayonne
- Bernard (Bernat) de Saut, son of William de Saut
- William (Guilhem) de Saut.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date from after April 27 Edward I (1299). It is tentatively dated to 1305 with reference to Roles Gascons, vol. III no.4697, which is dated 10 April 1305, and which appears to be related, and to the rest of the file. Malcolm Vale discusses this petition on p.194 of The Angevin Legacy and the Hundred Years War, 1250-1340 (Oxford 1990).
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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.4697 (instructions to pay the petitioner the sums contained in letters belonging to John de Sivignak, Diego de Begoingne, and Peter de Lesgor)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735700/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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