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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Leynagh, Bishop of Lismore. Leynagh John King and council. Bishop of Lismore...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2844
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/57/2844
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Leynagh, Bishop of Lismore.
- Name(s)
- Leynagh, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Lismore
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks recovery of 180 acres of land in Fraygnes that were held of the bishop in chief by William de Bermingham. The lands were taken into the king's hands on William's conviction and execution and held for a year and a day, and thus ought to return to the bishop by due process as escheats, but they have been restored to William's son Walter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Lismore, [County Waterford, Ireland]
- Fraygnes, County Tipperary, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- William de Bermingham, knight
- Walter de Bermingham, knight, son and heir of William de Bermingham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by references in 'Irish Ancient Petitions', pp.19-20.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document see no.15 in C 47/10/19
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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 4774
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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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- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), no.190 (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), pp.19-20 (brief calendar and references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063064/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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