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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Cusak (Cusack). de Cusak (Cusack) John King. John de Cusak asks the King,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/99/4933
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This record is about the John de Cusak (Cusack). de Cusak (Cusack) John King. John de Cusak asks the King,... dating from [1319] 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 8/99/4933
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Cusak (Cusack).
- Name(s)
- de Cusak (Cusack), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John de Cusak asks the King, in compensation for the great service that he and his father have done for the King and his father, and their losses in that service, that he might have the first escheat of 100 marks of land that comes to the King.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council, if it please the King, that John and his heirs should be given 50 marks of land at the true value from forfeitures of war in Ireland, to have for himself and his heirs, especially as he was at the battle where Edward de Brus was killed.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Leinster, [Ireland]
- Dundalk, [County Louth, Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Walter de Cusak (Cusack), father of petitioner
- [Edward I], King of England
- [Roger] le Mortemer (Mortimer)
- Edward de Brus (Bruce)
- Adam de Cusak (Cusack).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1317-21 p.343 is dated 1 June 1319, and would seem to be a direct response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.26 of PRO 31/7/95
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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 1651
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.343 (grant of land worth 50 marks annually to 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.34 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149500/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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