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John de Balscote (Balscott); Ralph de Balscote (Balscott), brother of John de Balscott....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/31/1535

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Reference
SC 8/31/1535
Date
[1320]
Description
Petitioners
John de Balscote (Balscott); Ralph de Balscote (Balscott), brother of John de Balscott.
Name(s)
de Balscote (Balscott); de Balscote (Balscott), John; Ralph
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
John de Balscote and his brother Ralph request a messuage with its appurtenances in the suburb of Dublin which belonged to Nicholas de Balscote, and that they might hold it for the assessment returned in Chancery. It was devised to them by Nicholas, but taken into the king's hand for an account which he owed him.
Nature of endorsement
The Chancellor of Ireland is to be ordered by a writ of Chancery to inquire into the true value of this land, and according to this it is to be leased to those named here.
Places mentioned
Divelin (Dublin), [County Dublin, Ireland]
Ireland.
People mentioned
Nicholas de Balscote (Balscott).
Note
Dated on the guard to 1320, with reference to CCR 1318-23 p.273, which is dated at Westminster, 24 October 1320.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1234
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.273 (order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Dublin Exchequer to assess the value of the messuage mentioned in the petition, and to deliver it to the petitioners for that sum)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.102 (no.139) (full edition of 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.11 (brief calendar)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061731/

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