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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Moricez (Moriz). Moricez (Moriz) John King. Moricez requests that the treasurer...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/62/3082
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This record is about the John Moricez (Moriz). Moricez (Moriz) John King. Moricez requests that the treasurer... dating from [c. 1344] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/62/3082
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1344]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Moricez (Moriz).
- Name(s)
- Moricez (Moriz), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Moricez requests that the treasurer and barons of the English Exchequer be order to cease their demands from him, and that he be pardoned the sum demanded from him by them, or that he have an allowance against the 200 marks of arrears owed to him. He was granted a certain sum for his costs in maintaining men at arms for which he received part payment from the treasurer of Ireland. The treasurer and barons of the English Exchequer did not think that the Irish treasurer had sufficient warrant for the payment and distrained Moricez for repayment.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- Ralph de Ufford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to after 1344 when Ufford was appointed justiciar of Ireland on 10 February (CPR 1343-5, p.197). Connolly opts for a later date of c. 1352, but on what basis is unclear ('Irish Ancient Petitions' pp.21-2).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document see no. 19(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 5806
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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)
- 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.21-2 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106845/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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