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Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin. de Bicknor Alexander King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/782

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Reference
SC 8/16/782
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin.
Name(s)
de Bicknor, Alexander
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Archbishop of Dublin
Nature of request
Alexander, Archbishop of Dublin, states that in the time of King Edward, the present king's father, a new assessment was made of the benefices of Ireland, because of the destruction of these benefices in war, and the archbishop was the collector of an annual tax granted to the king's father in Ireland, which the Treasurer and Barons of the Dublin Exchequer are now demanding from him according to a former assessment, made before the destruction of the benefices - some of which are completely ruined, some largely. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
A writ is to be issued, to receive the account according to the assessment and value of the churches at the time when the grant was made.
Places mentioned
Divelin, (Dublin), [Ireland]
Ireland.
People mentioned
Treasurer and barons of the Dublin Exchequer.
Note
Dated to 'c. 1327' by 'Irish Ancient Petitions', p.9 and on the guard to 'c. 1327 seq. ref. to arrears of... temp. Ed. II'. CCR 1327-30 p.145 (Topcliffe, 8 July 1327) mentions moneys from a tenth in Ireland.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2535
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), p.9 (brief calendar)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.404b (no. 147) (full edition of original petition)
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