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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of Gascony. King and council. The merchants of Gascony state that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/292/14577
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This record is about the Merchants of Gascony. King and council. The merchants of Gascony state that the king... 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 8/292/14577
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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
- Merchants of Gascony.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of Gascony state that the king owes them various debts for sums owed to people in the king's service in the war in Gascony, for which they have letters from the Earl of Lincoln and other captains. They ask that the king might have consideration for their long wait for payment, and arrange for them to be paid swiftly, as they have been greatly impoverished by these loans.
- Nature of endorsement
- The letters are to be examined by John de Sandale and Thomas de Cantebr', and kept by them to deliver to the Treasury; and they will have other letters under the great seal to be paid by the Constable of Bordeaux from the issues of the land of Gascony; and the said John is charged, on behalf of the king, with telling the Chancellor to have such letters as are ordained by the king and council in the aforesaid form made.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- [Henry de Lacy], Earl of Lincoln, King's lieutenant in Gascony
- John de Sandale
- Thomas de Cantebr[ugge] (Cambridge).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/292/14570
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735739/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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