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Petitioners

James le Botiller (Butler), Earl of Ormond.

Name(s)

Botiller (Butler), Earl of Ormond, James

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

1) The earl requests the confirmation of his liberty of Tipperary to himself and his heirs as was promised by the king when it was granted to him. The liberty was granted to him to maintain his honour and estate as earl.2) The earl requests respite of his debts until the following year, which debts are owed at the Irish and English Exchequers relating to his service and the service of his ancestors in wars in Gascony and Ireland under Edward I and II. He requests this respite so that it can be searched as to whether the debts are clear or not clear.3) The earl requests that the king return the prise of wine in Ireland which his ancestors held, and which was seized into the hand of the king on the death of the earl's father, and only delivered to him at the king's will.1)

Nature of endorsement

Regarding the first petition he should hold the liberty at the will of the king according to the grant which he had from the king.2) Regarding the second petition he is to be respited from all manner of debts until Pentecost next to come.3) Regarding the third petition he should hold the prises in the manner in which he holds them by delivery of the king until the king is better advised by his council.

Places mentioned

Tipperary, [County Tipperary, Ireland]

Gascony, [France]

Ireland

Dublin, [Ireland]

Drogheda, [Ireland]

Waterford, [County Waterford, Ireland]

Limerick, [County Limerick Ireland].

People mentioned

Edmund le Botiller (Butler), father of the petitioner.

For another petition on the same matter see SC 8/93/4606

For the response to a series of these petitions from Butler, see C 49/7/5

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.322 (writ ordering the respite of Butler's debts)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.303,324,671 (writs ordering the respite of Butler's debts)
• Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.67 (grant to Butler of the prise of wines)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.429 (letters patent granting the prise of wines to Butler for life)
• 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.8 (brief calendar of petition)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.90a-b (no.1) (full edition of original petition)