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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and commonalty of Dublin. 1) The petitioners state that they are prosecuted...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/44/2178
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This record is about the Mayor and commonalty of Dublin. 1) The petitioners state that they are prosecuted... dating from [c. 1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/44/2178
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and commonalty of Dublin.
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioners state that they are prosecuted against the law by the justices of the Bench by writs when they should only answer them by writs made in their presence within the court and concerning the king. They request remedy.2) The petitioners further complain that each time their charters of liberties are shown and allowed before the justices fines are demanded by them. They request remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ concerning the effect of the petition is to be sent to the justices of the Dublin Bench that they are not to trouble the burgesses on the contents of the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Dyvelyn (Dublin), [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Justices of the Bench.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions', to c. 1334, though the grounds are uncertain.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 2540
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.165 (no.187) (full edition of original petition)
- Historic and Municipal Documents of Ireland, A.D. 1172-1320, J.T. Gilbert, (Rolls Series, vol. LIII, 1870), p.215 (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), pp.14-5 (brief calendar)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062388/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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