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William de Beverle (Beverley), canon of the free chapel of St Stephen within the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4697

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Reference
SC 8/94/4697
Date
[c. 1381]
Description
Petitioners
William de Beverle (Beverley), canon of the free chapel of St Stephen within the palace of Westminster and prebendary of the prebend of Howth in the church of Dublin.
Name(s)
de Beverle (Beverley), William
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Places mentioned
Westminster
Howth, [County Dublin, Ireland]
Dublin, [County Dublin, Ireland].
Nature of request
Beverle requests remedy for the outrages committed against him by the king's ministers who have seized all of the fruits of his benefice in Ireland because of his absence, though he is fully prepared to comply with the ordinances made concerning absentees from Irish benefices.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
The petition is dated on the guard on the basis of an entry in the patent rolls whereby the petitioner appointed attorneys in Ireland (CPR 1381-5, p.35). This reference does not seem to have any connection with the petition, so that its evidential value for dating purposes is extremely limited, and the dating must be treated with care.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/95/4748

For transcript, see no.95 of PRO 31/7/108

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 839
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.35 (appointment of attorneys in Ireland by the petitioner)
  • 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.33 (brief summary of petition)
Record URL
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