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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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King's liegemen of the suburbs of the city of Dublin. King and council. The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5264
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This record is about the King's liegemen of the suburbs of the city of Dublin. King and council. The petitioners... dating from [c. 1317] 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 8/106/5264
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- King's liegemen of the suburbs of the city of Dublin.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request remission to them and their heirs of half their rents, since the suburbs of Dublin were burned and demolished as a defence measure against the Scots at the command of the king and his council in those parts.
- Nature of endorsement
- The rents have been in the hands of the ancestors of the king, which he does not wish at all to release.Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Dublin, [Ireland].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by the mayor and commonalty of Dublin for a reduction of their farm for the same reason see SC 8/156/7783
For transcript, see no.38 of PRO 31/7/103
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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 2699
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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. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.471 (reduction of the farm of Dublin on account of damages of war)
- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.87-88 (no.114) (full 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.37 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149834/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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