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William de Wellesley. de Wellesley William King. Wellesley shows that he had the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/183

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Reference
SC 8/4/183
Date
[c. 1318]
Description
Petitioners
William de Wellesley.
Name(s)
de Wellesley, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Wellesley shows that he had the keeping of the castle of Kildare, but was ousted from it by a subsequent grant of the king. When the Scots came he agreed to maintain the castle, for the costs of which he received the keeping of the wardship of the lands of Rale. Botiller holds the lands and will not allow Wellesley to have them so he requests that the king grant him Rale's marriage, and order by writ to the justiciar of Ireland to deliver the keeping of his body and the lands and that he be able to enjoy them without disturbance.
Nature of endorsement
He should come into Chancery with what he has of the gift of the king, and let full justice be done to him there.
Places mentioned
Kildare, [Ireland]
Ireland.
People mentioned
John son of Thomas (Fitz Thomas)
Richard de Rale
Thomas de Botiller.
Note
This would appear to date to after 1318 when Wellesley received a grant of the wardship of Rale from the king which presumably was the original grant from which he made the claims and requests in this particular petition (CPR 1317-21, p.217). The guard comments suggest a date of 1319-1320, and this seems acceptable.
Related material

For a later petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/4/184

For transcript, see no.98 of PRO 31/7/95

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8562
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.217 (grant of the Rale wardship to Wellesley)
  • 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), p.7 (brief calendar)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.385a-b (no.116) (transcription of a later petition on parliament roll by the same petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060303/

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