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John de Leche, Archbishop of Dublin. de Leche John King. Archbishop of Dublin [The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5273

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This record is about the John de Leche, Archbishop of Dublin. de Leche John King. Archbishop of Dublin [The... dating from [c. 1312] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/106/5273
Date
[c. 1312]
Description
Petitioners
John de Leche, Archbishop of Dublin.
Name(s)
de Leche, John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Archbishop of Dublin
Nature of request
[The petition is damaged on its right-hand side].The petitioner requests that the king's ministers in Ireland be ordered not to interfere in lands that he sequestered from Havering for debts and rents owed by him.
Nature of endorsement
The king has granted the archbishop's requests according to the form of the petition, and that he should have protection with clause of inhibition for two years [...] to Ademar de Valence.
Places mentioned
Ireland
Dublin, [Ireland]
Rome, [Italy].
People mentioned
Master Richard de Havering
Ademar de Valence.
Note
Dated by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions', p. 37, to c. 1312 on the basis of CPR 13107-13, p. 492; the dating is not especially precise, but is compatible with other chronology.
Related material

For transcript, see no.77 of PRO 31/7/96

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2711
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.37 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149843/

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