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Citizens of Cork. [Not specified]. The citizens of Cork ask that they might be allowed...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/98/4891

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This record is about the Citizens of Cork. [Not specified]. The citizens of Cork ask that they might be allowed... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/98/4891
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Citizens of Cork.
Addressees
[Not specified].
Nature of request
The citizens of Cork ask that they might be allowed to construct weirs (gorces) and mills on the rivers in the city, for its benefit.
Nature of endorsement
They are to have a writ to inquire ad quod dampnum.
Places mentioned
Cork, [County Cork, Ireland]
Ireland.
Note
Dated to c. 1322 by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions' p.33. This is clearly the second (or later) petition in a number written on one piece of parchment, which have been separated: for this reason the name of the addressee does not appear.
Related material

For transcript, see no.32 of PRO 31/7/103

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1581
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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 calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149458/

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