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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Peter (Pey) de Mortelac. de Mortelac Peter (Pey) King. Peter (Pey) de Mortelac states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/292/14598
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This record is about the Peter (Pey) de Mortelac. de Mortelac Peter (Pey) King. Peter (Pey) de Mortelac states... 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/292/14598
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-c. 1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Peter (Pey) de Mortelac.
- Name(s)
- de Mortelac, Peter (Pey)
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Peter (Pey) de Mortelac states that the Earl of Kent gave him the lands of Raymond Arnold de le Gout, the king's rebel, in compensation for his, which he has lost in the king's service in Gascony, and asks the king to confirm this gift.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has ordained that certain great people will be sent quickly with full power to do the things which are appropriate and profitable for himself and his subjects; and the king will order them that, when they have informed themselves of his losses, they are to give him such recompense as is appropriate and as might reasonably suffice.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- [Edmund of Woodstock], Earl of Kent
- Raymond Arnold (Ramon Arnaut) de le Gout (Got, Goth).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the mention of the Earl of Kent, Lieutenant in Gascony July 1324-January 1326, and from other petitions with similar endorsements, this petition would seem to date from the early years of the reign of Edward III.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition with a similar response, see SC 8/287/14318
For another petition with the same response, see SC 8/287/14319
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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/C9735760/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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