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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Comyn, tenant of the King in Ireland. Comyn William King and council. William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/99/4914
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This record is about the William Comyn, tenant of the King in Ireland. Comyn William King and council. William... dating from [c. 1322] 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 8/99/4914
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Comyn, tenant of the King in Ireland.
- Name(s)
- Comyn, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William Comyn states that the King's lands in Leinster are lying waste and bring him little or no profit, and many of them are occupied by the King's Irish felons and enemies. He asks that he might hold them at farm, for himself and his heirs, in recompense for his service against the Irish and the Scots, and his losses in that service.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The King wishes to be informed what the matter is, and further to do what pleases him.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Leinster, [Ireland]
- Scotland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1322 by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions' p.35.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.29A of PRO 31/7/103
For a list of lands which the petitioner wishes to acquire, see SC 8/99/4915
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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 1617
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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)
- 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.34 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149481/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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