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Constance de Biern (Bearn), Vicomtesse de Marsan. de Biern (Bearn), Vicomtesse de...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/292/14578
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/292/14578
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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
- Constance de Biern (Bearn), Vicomtesse de Marsan.
- Name(s)
- de Biern (Bearn), Vicomtesse de Marsan, Constance
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Constance de Bearn, Vicomtesse de Marsan, makes six requests:1) She requests letters patent to the Constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant, to have reasonable payment in money of Toulouse, according to the current exchange rate in Bordeaux, of the £300 sterliing owed to her for her dower, for which she has an assignment on the customs of Bordeaux.2) She requests letters patent to the Seneschal of Gascony, to maintain and confirm a chaplaincy provided by the testament of Gaston de Bearn from the rents and issues of Gabarret, as she and his other heirs wish it.3) She requests letters patent to the Seneschal of Gascony, to do justice, according to the judgment of the court, in the matter of certain cases begun on her behalf before the war in the court of Saint-Sever, and not determined.4) [Partly illegible] She requests letters patent to the commissaries of Gascony to have restored to her what the king's baillis have occupied unduly in her lands since the beginning of the war.5) [Deleted. Illegible]6) [Partly illegible] She requests letters patent to the Seneschal to maintain her in the graces and privileges granted to her by the king, for which she can show his letters patent.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face, to first] She is to abide by the response that she had at York: for which she had a letter.[To second] She is to abide by the response that she had at York: for which she had a letter.[To third] The Seneschal is to be ordered to do full justice for her.[To fourth: illegible.][None to fifth.][To sixth] The Seneschal is to be ordered to maintain her in her privileges, as he ought to by right.[On dorse] The responses are within.Entered in the roll.
- Places mentioned
- Marsan, [Gascony, France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- York
- Gabarret, [Gascony, France]
- Saint-Sever, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Gaston de Biern (Bearn).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable with reference to Roles Gascons, vol. III no.4869, which is dated 6 April 1305, and which is clearly in response to the final petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/286/14263
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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.4869 (instructions to the Seneschal to maintain the petitioner in her privileges)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735740/
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