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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Adam le Bretton (Breton), former sheriff of Carlow. Bretton (Breton) Adam King. sheriff...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/92/4551
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This record is about the Adam le Bretton (Breton), former sheriff of Carlow. Bretton (Breton) Adam King. sheriff... dating from [c. 1314] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/92/4551
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam le Bretton (Breton), former sheriff of Carlow.
- Name(s)
- Bretton (Breton), Adam
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Carlow
- Nature of request
- Bretton requests a writ to the treasurer and the barons of the Exchequer of Dublin that he be allowed £33 in arrears in his account which are demanded from him as it was expended in restoring order in Carlow after the death of Bonneville against the Irish enemies.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face]Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of Ireland that if they find that he expended the money to the profit of the king in the manner aforesaid, then let it be allowed.[On dorse, none]
- Places mentioned
- County Carlow, [Ireland]
- Carlow Castle, [County Carlow, Ireland]
- Dublin, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- John de Bonneville.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1314 following the dating made by Sayles (Affairs, p.72). The petition itself refers to 5 Edw. II (1311-12), and this is evidently in the recent past.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.1 of PRO 31/7/100
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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 534
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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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- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.71-72 (no.91) (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.32 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149098/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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