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John Cadel of Ireland. Cadel John King. Cadel requests that he be granted the office...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/151

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Reference
SC 8/4/151
Date
[1320]
Description
Petitioners
John Cadel of Ireland.
Name(s)
Cadel, John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Cadel requests that he be granted the office of porter of the castle of Dublin for the term of his life in reward for service in the Irish wars, and the attack of Berwick.1)
Nature of endorsement
He should await the arrival of the justiciar, and the king will then have advice on the same.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Ireland
Berwick, [Northumberland]
Dyvelyn (Dublin), [Ireland].
Note
The petition is dated to 1320 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.365 for the parliament held on Monday in the octave of St Michael, 14 Edward II.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2098
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), pp.6-7 (brief calendar)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.378a (no.61) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060271/

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