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William de Wellesley. de Wellesley William King. Wellesley requests the grant of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/184

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Reference
SC 8/4/184
Date
[1320]
Description
Petitioners
William de Wellesley.
Name(s)
de Wellesley, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Wellesley requests the grant of the expenses that he incurred in the defence of the castle of Kildare which he provisioned at his own cost during the Scottish invasion. He held the castle in the name of maintenance. He has since been expelled from the castle. He also requests £20 from the lands that were Sir Richard de Weilond's until the heir comes of age.1)
Nature of endorsement
The justiciar will come in time, and the king will have advisement from him.2) It seems to the justiciar that the lord of Donoile already holds them, and he is to answer for £20 per annum to Wellesley from the said extent, and Wellesley should surrender the letters that he has for the keeping of the castle.
Places mentioned
Kildare, [Ireland]
Killouhtan, (Killoteran), [County Waterford, Ireland]
People mentioned
John son of Thomas (Fitz Thomas)
Richard de Weilond (Weylond)
[John le Poer], lord of Noille (Donoil)..
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.
Related material

For an earlier petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/4/183

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8695
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.521 (grant of the £20 requested in the petition)
  • 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 petition on parliament roll)
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