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

Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4494B

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This record is about the John de Bermyngham (Bermingham), Earl of Louth. de Bermyngham (Bermingham), Earl... dating from [1321] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/90/4494B
Date
[1321]
Description
Petitioners
John de Bermyngham (Bermingham), Earl of Louth.
Name(s)
de Bermyngham (Bermingham), Earl of Louth, John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Bermyngham requests that he be granted permission to give land or churches to the amount of 100 marks to the prior of Ballybogan as the house is totally destroyed by the Scots, and he further requests that they may appropriate the gift.
Nature of endorsement
[On face]Let them have £30 per annum except fees of the king.[On dorse, none]
Places mentioned
Ballybogan [County Meath, Ireland].
People mentioned
Prior of Ballybogan.
Note
The petition can be dated to 1321 by the licence granted in response to the petition (CPR 1317-21, p.598).
Related material

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

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.598 (licence for the alienation in mortmain to the value of £30)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.104-5 (no.142) (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/C9149040/

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