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Milet de Boyle (Boyl). de Boyle (Boyl) Milet King. [This petition is damaged] Milet...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15995
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This record is about the Milet de Boyle (Boyl). de Boyle (Boyl) Milet King. [This petition is damaged] Milet... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/339/15995
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Milet de Boyle (Boyl).
- Name(s)
- de Boyle (Boyl), Milet
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged] Milet de Boyle states that his houses and possessions in the castellany of Bourg have been burnt and destroyed because of the king's late war in Gascony, and he is [greatly impoverished] by the war. He requests letters patent allowing him to . . . in the said castellany of Bourg, where he can preserve his body and his goods from his enemies, and he will always be ready to [surrender them] to the king or his Seneschal, and [to serve] the king to the limit of his power.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Seneschal is to inform himself if this can be allowed without harm or prejudice to the king or others; and he is to inform the king.
- Places mentioned
- Bourg, [Guyenne, France].
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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 8/281/14047
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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/C9736476/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Milet de Boyle (Boyl). de Boyle (Boyl) Milet King. [This petition is damaged] Milet...