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Maurice de Rocheford. de Rocheford Maurice King. Maurice de Rocheford makes two requests:1)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/68/3398

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This record is about the Maurice de Rocheford. de Rocheford Maurice King. Maurice de Rocheford makes two requests:1)... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/68/3398
Date
[c. 1307-c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Maurice de Rocheford.
Name(s)
de Rocheford, Maurice
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Maurice de Rocheford makes two requests:1) He asks the King not to grant his peace to those who killed his valet, Miles de Argentein, and robbed Gilbert le Waleis, his retainer, in the King's town of Castledermot.2) He states that Thomas de la Roche, to whom the king granted a market on Mondays in his manor of Kyl in County Cork, has granted that manor to Maurice, and asks the King to confirm the grant, especially with regard to the market.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] He is to show his charter.[On dorse] He is to sue in Chancery, and the King has granted that it is to be done in confirmation, under the King's seal in England.
Places mentioned
Tristeldermot (Castledermot), [County Kildare, Ireland]
Kyl [unidentified], County Cork, [Ireland].
People mentioned
Miles de Argentein, servant (valet) of Maurice de Rocheford
Gilbert le Waleis (Wallace), retainer of Maurice de Rocheford
Thomas de la Roche.
Note
Dated to 'Temp. Edward II' by 'Irish Ancient Petitions' p.23 and Sayles 'Affairs', p.125. From the Latin endorsement, unlikely to be later than c. 1322.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6895
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.125 (no.153) (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.23 (brief calendar)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107169/

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