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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Citizens of Dublin. King and Council. The petitioners seek and order that they should...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/105/5228
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This record is about the Citizens of Dublin. King and Council. The petitioners seek and order that they should... dating from [c. 1349-c. 1357] 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 8/105/5228
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1349-c. 1357]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Citizens of Dublin.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek and order that they should not be indicted for any trespass or felony committed in the county of Dublin through writs issued outside the county by Rokeby or his associates.
- Nature of endorsement
- ... king and council that felonies and trespasses committed in the county of Dublin should not be indicted in Kildare, or anywhere else outside the county of Dublin ... for this let them have an order to the justices ... such indictments before the justiciar of Ireland by reason of his office ... as it seems to the council ... that such indictments are in error.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Dublin, [Ireland]
- County Kildare, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Rokeby, Justiciar of Ireland
- sheriff of Dublin
- sheriff of Kildare.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions', p.36.
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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 2640
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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.190-1 (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.36 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149798/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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