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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bishop of Ossory. King Bishop of Ossory The bishop requests remedy because the sheriff...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3138
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This record is about the Bishop of Ossory. King Bishop of Ossory The bishop requests remedy because the sheriff... dating from [c. 1280-c. 1300] 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 8/63/3138
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1280-c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bishop of Ossory.
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- Bishop of Ossory
- Nature of request
- The bishop requests remedy because the sheriff of Dublin takes 5 marks per annum in his tourns from his diocese whereas he only takes 2 marks from other dioceses.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ be sent to the justice and council that they do right, and if they are not able to do this for any difficulty, that they certify the king on this.
- Places mentioned
- Ossory diocese, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Sheriff of Dublin.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition has been speculatively dated to the end of the thirteenth century on the basis of its general appearance and the style of its handwriting. Sayles dates the petition to 1317, but his evidence for this seems flimsy (Sayles, Affairs, pp.88-9).
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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 6407
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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), pp.88-9 (no.116) (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 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106901/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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