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Adam Breton, bachelor of John de Bermingham. Breton Adam King. Breton requests a...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4541

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Reference
SC 8/91/4541
Date
[1319]
Description
Petitioners
Adam Breton, bachelor of John de Bermingham.
Name(s)
Breton, Adam
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Breton requests a grant of the custody of the marriage and lands of de la Chapele's heir, the lands being in various hands, for his service and hardship in the wars of Ireland and for the great losses he has endured at the hand of the Scots and the people of Ulster.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the justice that he certify the king of the value of the wardship of the lands and the marriage, and of what lands are in his hand, and how old the heir is.
Places mentioned
Ireland
Ulster, [Ireland].
People mentioned
John de Bermengham (Bermingham)
Henry [de la Chapele], son of Henry de la Chapele
Earl of Kildare.
Note
The petition dates to 1319 as Breton received a grant of the custody of the lands of de la Chapele on 6 June 1319 (CFR 1307-19, p.403).
Related material

For transcript, see no.4 of PRO 31/7/95

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 519
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.403 (commitment during pleasure to the petitioner of the custody of the lands of de la Chapele)
  • 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)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149087/

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