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Geoffrey de Geynvill de Geynvill Geoffrey The King The petitioner complains that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2389

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Reference
SC 8/48/2389
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Geoffrey de Geynvill
Name(s)
de Geynvill, Geoffrey
Addressees
The King
Nature of request
The petitioner complains that the treasurer and barons of the exchequer in Dublin have violated his liberty of Trim. He seeks the restitution of the full rights of the liberty and justice for himself and his associate Mahaud de Lacy in accordance with the charter of King Henry II to their ancestors. The petitioner lists various conditions: that King Henry did not reserve any right of jurisdiction to himself or his heirs; that none of the king's officials should interfere with the right to coin money in the liberty; that royal writs of trespass and others should not be served therein; that writs from the exchequer in Dublin should not be permitted; that no inquests should be held concerning matters touching the liberty; that no extortions should be made on tenants who hold their property of the custom of the liberty; that the sheriffs of Dublin and Limerick should not interfere within the liberty, and that rights of forfeiture therein belong to the petitioner and Lacy. All of which things have happened against the terms of the charter of King Henry II.
Nature of endorsement
Petition of the lord Geoffrey de Geynvill to be shown in the Michaelmas Parliament
Places mentioned
Trim liberty, [County Meath, Ireland]
Dublin, [Ireland]
Limerik (Limerick), [County Limerick, Ireland].
People mentioned
Henry II, King of England
Richard I, King of England
Maud de Lacy.
Note
Suggested on the guard as dating to the Autumn Parliament of 1305.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3586
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.37-39 (no.51) (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.16 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062601/

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