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People of Villefranche-du-Queyran. King and council. The people of Villefranche-du...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/291/14544

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Reference
SC 8/291/14544
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
People of Villefranche-du-Queyran.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The people of Villefranche-du Queyran request timber to construct a chapel at Villefranche, or ask for the house of L'Espaut, which is not worth more than £20 tournois, to build it.
Nature of endorsement
The king has granted it of his grace. The Seneschal of Gascony will have orders on this.To be entered.
Places mentioned
Villefranche-du-Queyran, [Guyenne, France]
Perigueux diocese, [Guyenne, France]
L'Espaut, [Guyenne, France].
Note
Dateable to 1305 by Roles Gascons, vol. III no.4808, which is dated 3 April 1305. SC 8/145/7213 is dated by Roles Gascons, vol. III no.4770, which is dated 1 April 1305.
Related material

For a petition formerly attached to this one, see SC 8/145/7213

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.4808 (instructions to allow the petitioners to take the king's house in the forest of L'Espaut out of the forest, to construct a chapel)
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