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John Jordan son of William Jordan. Jordan John King and council. Jordan requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3970

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This record is about the John Jordan son of William Jordan. Jordan John King and council. Jordan requests... dating from [1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/80/3970
Date
[1335]
Description
Petitioners
John Jordan son of William Jordan.
Name(s)
Jordan, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Jordan requests compensation in the tenements of Newcastle Lyons for life for the £13 of land that he has still not been granted from the £50 granted to him by the king and council at the parliament at Westminster for his service against Robert the Bruce. He further requests charters for the £50 of land. He adds that he has lost much after being captured taking messages to David de Bruys at the instigation of the earl of Ulster and the justice of Ireland.
Nature of endorsement
He should have letters patent of the £50 of land for his life if he has not already had them, and the justice of Ireland, chancellor and treasurer are ordered to give and assign to Jordan the £13 of land outstanding in Ireland for his life, and the king is to be certified of what land this is.
Places mentioned
Ireland
Westminster
Crumlin, [County Antrim]
Newcastle Lyons, [County Dublin, Ireland]
Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland].
People mentioned
Robert de Bruys (Bruce)
[William de Burgh], Earl of Ulster
John Darcy, Justice of Ireland
David de Bruys (Bruce).
Note
The petition dates to 1335 as Jordan received a grant of lands at Newcastle Lyons on 8 June 1335 (CPR 1334-8, p.133). The original grant was made around 1331 (C 47/10/19 no.8).
Related material

For documents relating to the original allocation of lands to Jordan, see no. 8 of C 47/10/19

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4491
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.133 (grant of land at Newcastle Lyons to the petitioner)
  • 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.26 (brief calendar of petition)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107746/

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