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Ramfre de Monpesat (Montpezat), esquire, son of Raymond Bernard, Lord of Montpezat....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/292/14583

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This record is about the Ramfre de Monpesat (Montpezat), esquire, son of Raymond Bernard, Lord of Montpezat.... dating from [1327-? c. 1337] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/292/14583
Date
[1327-? c. 1337]
Description
Petitioners
Ramfre de Monpesat (Montpezat), esquire, son of Raymond Bernard, Lord of Montpezat.
Name(s)
de Monpesat (Montpezat), Ramfre
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Ramfre de Monpesat, son of Raymond Bernard, Lord of the castle and town of Montpezat, makes two requests:1) He states that Thomas Larcediakene, Seneschal of the Agenais for the king's father, ordered his father to deliver up his castle in the king's name, promising him that it would be returned; and he did so. Raymond Bernard then died, and the King of France's people, when Charles, Count of Valois, came to Gascony, occupied the castle and town and destroyed the castle; and they still hold the castle and land. He asks that the King of France might be ordered to return the castle and town, with their appurtenances, and that compensation might be given for the destruction of the castle and other losses and damages, as he has received no compensation, and he is a child and has done nothing to deserve disinheritance.2) He states that, because the King of France withholds his lands and rents, he has nothing from which to maintain his estate or his companions. In compensation for this, he requests £300 sterling from the toll (peage) of Saint-Macaire, until he has returned his lands to him.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] The deputies are to be ordered to inform themselves concerning the things contained in the one petition and the other, and to inform the king of this.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Montpezat, [Guyenne, France]
Agenais, [Guyenne, France]
France
Gascony, [France]
Saint-Macaire, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
Raymond Bernard (Ramon Bernart), Lord of Montpezat
Thomas Larcediakene (Archdeacon), Seneschal of the Agenais
[Edward II], King of England
Charles, Count of Valois
King of France.
Note
From the hand and language, and the mention of the king's father and Charles de Valois, this petition would seem to date from the early years of the reign of Edward III. Its description of the petitioner as a child might suggest that it is the earliest of the petitions from him.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/281/14042

For a related petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/280/13979

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
The War of Saint-Sardos (1323-1325). Gascon Correspondence and diplomatic documents, ed. P. Chaplais, (, 1954), pp.22-23 (no.3) (partial edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735745/

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