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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter de Graunsete of Dublin; Agnes de Graunsete, wife of Walter de Graunsete. de...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/49/2440
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This record is about the Walter de Graunsete of Dublin; Agnes de Graunsete, wife of Walter de Graunsete. de... dating from [c. 1357] 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 8/49/2440
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1357]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Graunsete of Dublin; Agnes de Graunsete, wife of Walter de Graunsete.
- Name(s)
- de Graunsete; de Graunsete, Walter; Agnes
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The Graunsetes request that a new commission be issued to enquire of the complaints concerning the excesses of Holywode in his office, and a writ be directed to the treasurer and barons of those parts to remove Holywode from office, and a writ to Holywode not to meddle in the office until the truth of it has been enquired of and returned into the Chancery of England, and also that a writ upon the commission of execution concerning the business so that the truth is found, and reason be done to the king and people. The Grauntsetes and others had requested this previously, and a commission was issued accordingly to the archbishop and others. However Holywode has sued to have the commission repealed and to be put back into office.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the first commission be executed or new one issued, and writs made to those by whom those things contained in the commission are best able to be taken for the profit of the king and the ease of his people.
- Places mentioned
- Divelyn (Dublin), [County Dublin, Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Holywode, Remembrancer of the Exchequer of Dublin.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to 1356-1357 as the justiciar, chancellor and treasurer of Ireland were ordered to remove Holywode from office and to take his lands into the king's hand on 23 February 1357, probably in response to the petition (CCR 1354-60, p.340).
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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 3641
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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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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1360, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.340 (order to remove Holywode from office and take his lands into the king's hand)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1358, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.431 (pardon to Holywode for land acquired whilst in office)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062653/
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