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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Bermingham, Earl of Louth. de Bermingham, Earl of Louth John King. The Earl...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2917
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/59/2917
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Bermingham, Earl of Louth.
- Name(s)
- de Bermingham, Earl of Louth, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Earl of Louth, to whom they king granted a royal franchise in County Louth for term of life, afterwards enlarging that grant to one to the petitioner and his heirs male, complains that this has been delayed, and asks the king to put this grant into execution, or to grant him, in allowance for it, the manor of Moylagh, which belonged to Roger de Mortimer. He asks this in consideration of his great losses and damages at the hands of Roger Damarry and his associates.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to the franchise: he is to have a writ to inquire into what damage this would be to the king if he granted it to the Earl, and how much the franchise is worth annually at its true value.And with regard to the manor: there is to be an inquiry into how Roger de Mortimer held it, and how much it is worth annually in all its issues; and when the king has been informed of this, he is to speak his will on this.
- Places mentioned
- County Louth, [Ireland]
- Moylagh, [County Meath, Ireland]
- Normandy, [France].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortimer
- Roger Damarry (Damory).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1317-21 pp.334-335 is dated 12 May 1319 and p.344 is dated 7 June 1319. C 145/112 m.12 (no. 21) is an inquisition taken at Drogheda (towards Meath) on 21 October 1331, which states that Richard son of John de Moylagh granted the manor of Moylagh to Roger Mortimer of Wigmore and his wife in 11 Edward II [1317-1318], that it was taken into the king's hand in 1322 and held until 1 Edward III [1327-1328] when it was restored to Roger and his wife, who held it until Roger's forfeiture in 1330. Robin Frame discusses this petition on p.162 of English Lordship in Ireland 1318-1361 (Oxford, 1982), putting it in the context of a visit by the Earl of Louth to England in 1321, with his subsequent assault by Roger Damory and others (as mentioned here), and flight to Normandy. All these things would seem to suggest a date of c. 1322 for this petition.
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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 4745
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.334-335 (enlargement of the king's previous grant of the Earldom of Louth to the petitioner) & p.344 (further enlargement of this grant)
- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.91 (no.122) (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.20 (brief calendar)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063137/
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