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John de Bermengham (Bermingham), Earl of Louth. de Bermengham (Bermingham), Earl...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4494A

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Reference
SC 8/90/4494A
Date
[1319]
Description
Petitioners
John de Bermengham (Bermingham), Earl of Louth.
Name(s)
de Bermengham (Bermingham), Earl of Louth, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Bermengham requests that he be granted cognisance of all trespasses and pleas made in County Louth against the king's peace.
Nature of endorsement
The king wishes that he should have what has been petitioned for according to the tenor of the charter of the king granting him the county and liberty of Louth.
Places mentioned
County Louth, [Ireland].
Note
The petition dates to 1319 as the earl received a grant of the felonies and trespasses with exceptions on 7 June 1319 (CPR 1317-21, pp.334, 344).
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/81/4049

For transcript, see no.6 of PRO 31/7/95

For another petition probably from the same petitioner with the earl of Kildare, see SC 8/119/5944

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 446
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.408 (grant of the earldom of Louth)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.334, 344 (grant of further liberties and rights to the earl, and grant of cognisance of all felonies and trespasses with exceptions)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.92 (no.123) (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.31 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149039/

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