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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice de Befroi, widow of Rayner (Renier) de Befroi, burgess of Bristol, and executrix...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/292/14600
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This record is about the Alice de Befroi, widow of Rayner (Renier) de Befroi, burgess of Bristol, and executrix... dating from [c. 1331] 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 8/292/14600
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice de Befroi, widow of Rayner (Renier) de Befroi, burgess of Bristol, and executrix of his testament.
- Name(s)
- de Befroi, Alice
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Alice, widow of Rayner de Befroi, states that her husband died of natural causes on a voyage to Guyenne, and his body was taken in a small boat to Cornwall and buried there. His companions and fellow-burgesses took his goods, jewels and money, which were in a coffer on the ship, with them, for greater security, but when they arrived in Bordeaux, Peter de Galiciene, then Constable of Bordeaux, took that coffer by force and took it into the king's hand, claiming that Rayner had died intestate. The court was later apprised that he had made a will, and Peter was ordered by the king's letters patent to deliver the coffer to Alice; but although he has handed over the coffer, jewels and goods, he has not paid the money. She requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because Peter has acknowledged the receipt of the monies in Chancery [replacing 'court that bears record'], as is contained in her bill, execution is to be done against him to levy the same monies from his goods in England and in Gascony, and elsewhere.
- Places mentioned
- Bristol
- Guyenne, [France]
- Cornwall
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- Rayner (Renier) de Befroi, burgess of Bristol
- Peter (Pey) de Galiciene (Galician), Constable of Bordeaux.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Peter de Galiciene was Constable of Bordeaux between September 1329 and July 1331. This petition must date from shortly after his period of office.
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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/C9735762/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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