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Alexander Balscot (Balscott), Bishop of Ossory and treasurer of Ireland. Balscot...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3137

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Reference
SC 8/63/3137
Date
[1378]
Description
Petitioners
Alexander Balscot (Balscott), Bishop of Ossory and treasurer of Ireland.
Name(s)
Balscot (Balscott), Alexander
Addressees
Council
Occupation
Bishop of Ossory and treasurer of Ireland
Nature of request
Balscot requests that a commission made to Warner to be sheriff of County Cork be repealed, and that a writ be ordered to Warner not to meddle in any execution of the office of sheriff.
Nature of endorsement
Let the commission that the petition mentions be repealed by a writ under the great seal, and let another writ be made to John Warner that he is not to meddle further with the office of sheriff within comprised.
Places mentioned
Cork, [County Cork, Ireland]
County Cork, [Ireland].
People mentioned
John Warner, Sheriff of Cork.
Note
The order appointing Warner as sheriff of Cork was issued in June 1378, and thus presumably the petition was sent soon afterwards. Balscot was treasurer throughout 1378 and beyond.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6274
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IX, Ric II, 1377-1383, (Public Record Office, 1927), pp.8 (appointment of the Abbot of St Thomas, Dublin, as Treasurer) & 11 (re-appointment of Alexander, Bishop of Ossory as Treasurer) & 98 (appointment of John Waryner of Cork as sheriff of Cork)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. VIII, Edw III, 1368-1377, (Public Record Office, 1924), p.359 (appointment of Alexander, Bishop of Ossory, as Treasurer of the Exchequer of Ireland)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.537 (appointment of William del Chaumbre as Treasurer)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.237-8 (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.22 (calendar of petition and references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106900/

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