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Maurice FitzThomas, Earl of Kildare FitzThomas, Earl of Kildare Maurice King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2747

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Reference
SC 8/55/2747
Date
[1378]
Description
Petitioners
Maurice FitzThomas, Earl of Kildare
Name(s)
FitzThomas, Earl of Kildare, Maurice
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks a royal writ to the treasurer and chamberlains of Ireland for the payment of his fee (£100) and writs from the chancellor to the same that they should search their rolls for memoranda of his expenses (£60) incurred while he was keeper of Ireland during the absence in England of the king's lieutenant, William de Windsor, and make payment to him of his arrears therein. The petitioner spent heavily on his own account for the defence of Ireland during time of war (without remuneration) and now asks for payment of his fee and more for all his efforts on behalf of the king's grandfather.
Nature of endorsement
He is to be granted writs to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains of the exchequer to make payment of his expenses, and allowances made on his account from the customary fees of the office.He is to be granted a similar writ for his time as keeper of Ireland as part of his payment.
Places mentioned
Ireland
People mentioned
William de Windsor, lately Lieutenant of Ireland
Edward III, King of England, grandfather of the king
Note
Datable by reference to CCR 1377-81, pp.149-50.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4701
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), pp.149-50 (resulting action)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.242-3 (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.19 (brief calendar)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062965/

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