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People of Ireland King and council The people of Ireland complain that, although...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/53/2643

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Reference
SC 8/53/2643
Date
[1297]
Description
Petitioners
People of Ireland
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The people of Ireland complain that, although they have always used the laws of England and the usages of their country, the Justiciar of Ireland is now pleading certain cases without the king's writ, and the Treasurer is pleading them by writ of the Exchequer. They ask that the king grant them the Great Charter of England and the articles, under his seal, so that they might be maintained in them, and also a writ forbidding the Justiciar and Treasurer from using such novelties.
Nature of endorsement
The Justiciar of Ireland is to be ordered that they are to plead debts exceeding 40s. by the king's writs and not by bills; and to have the Great Charter, they are to pay what the English do.
Places mentioned
Ireland
People mentioned
Justiciar of Ireland
Treasurer of Ireland
Note
CCR 1296-1302 p.22 is dated at Shaftesbury, 23 March 1297.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4518
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.22 (order to the Justiciar of Ireland to plead common pleas by writs and not by bills or petitions)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.44-5 (no.54) (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.17 (brief calendar)
  • Procedure without writ in the Court of the Justiciar of Ireland, G.J. Hand, (Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquar, ), p.17 (extracts of petition, with discussion)
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