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Friars Preachers (Dominicans) of Ireland King The Friars Preacher of Ireland ask...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/53/2647

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Reference
SC 8/53/2647
Date
[? 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Friars Preachers (Dominicans) of Ireland
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The Friars Preacher of Ireland ask that for a writ to the Treasurer, Barons and Chamberlains of the Dublin Exchequer, to account with them for the amount which is in arrears of an alms which they should receive in the Exchequer, and to pay them immediately, or to assign the issues of the great custom in Dublin and Drogheda to them until they are paid.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer and Chamberlains are to be ordered that, when they have seen what evidence they have for the grant, and what is in arrears, they are to pay them as soon as they conveniently can.
Places mentioned
Dublin, [Ireland]
Drogheda, [Ireland].
Note
CCR 1327-30 p.138 is dated at York, 25 June 1327. A note on the guard notes that no reference is made there to arrears: however, the phrase 'from the time of the king's accession' might cover that. 'Irish Ancient Petitions' p.18 dates this petition to 1327.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4502
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.138 (order to the Chancellor of Ireland to order the Treasurer and chamberlains of the Dublin Exchequer to pay the Friars Preacher and Friars Minor the alms they received in the late king's time, from the king's accession)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.130 (no.158) (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.18 (brief calendar)
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