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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Gernon of Ireland. Gernon John King. Gernon requests a grant for his life of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/82/4099
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/82/4099
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Gernon of Ireland.
- Name(s)
- Gernon, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Gernon requests a grant for his life of the fishery on the river running from Gernonstown to the sea for her service as he was maimed in the right hand at Dundalk when Edward Bruce was killed.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the justice that this should be done, but the king will say his will on this.2) The king has granted a mark from the fishery.
- Places mentioned
- Dundalk, [County Louth, Ireland]
- Gernonstown (Castlebellingham), [County Louth, Ireland]
- Uriel (County Louth), [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Edward Brus (Bruce).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1320 as a full transcription of the petition was entered on the parliament roll for 1320, the petition being presented at the Michaelmas parliament of 1320 as appears by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol. I, p.365.
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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 3686
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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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- 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.29 (brief calendar of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.385b-386a (no.119) (full edition of petition on parliament roll, though excluding the first response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148639/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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