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Ellis de Berkeweye (Barkway), clerk. de Berkeweye (Barkway) Ellis King. Berkeweye...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4547
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This record is about the Ellis de Berkeweye (Barkway), clerk. de Berkeweye (Barkway) Ellis King. Berkeweye... dating from [c. 1302] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/91/4547
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ellis de Berkeweye (Barkway), clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Berkeweye (Barkway), Ellis
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Berkeweye requests allowance for 2s. a day for his wages, and 2 robes a year for his fee as chancellor and treasurer of Ulster, sheriff of Carrickfergus and keeper of the crosses of Ulster. He has not been paid all the time he held the positions and has sued many times and had many writs to the justice of Ireland and the treasurer and barons of the Irish Exchequer, but they have done nothing.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered now as before that they should make execution of the previous orders of the king, or cause it to be signified why they are not able to do this.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Ireland
- Ulster, [Ireland]
- Carrickfergus, [County Antrim, Northern Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster
- Steven of [Fulburn], then Bishop of Waterford and treasurer of Ireland
- John de Saunford, then escheator of Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- It is not clear on what basis Connolly dates the petition to c. 1305 as the evidence is only sketchy in the petition ('Irish Ancient Petitions', p.32). Richard de Burgh was a ward probably from 1271 to c. 1280, and Steven of Fulburn was bishop of Waterford to 1286, and the petition definitely records him as 'adonque', so it must be after 1286. The petition does refer to the petitioner doing 30 years service to the king which would date the petition to c. 1302, but whether the reference to this term of service can be considered precise is difficult to say, and may only mean a long time. However a date of c. 1302 will be used as a speculative dating.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.22 of PRO 31/7/93
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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 528
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 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.32 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149093/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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