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John le Pouer, son of Peter le Pouer. Pouer John King and council. [Petition in 2...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/112/5566

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Reference
SC 8/112/5566
Date
[? 1316]
Description
Petitioners
John le Pouer, son of Peter le Pouer.
Name(s)
Pouer, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[Petition in 2 parts].1) Pouer requests the grant of the temporalities of the archbishopric of Cashel as the king granted him that he should have 500 marks from the first escheat in compensation for his losses in the service of the king against Edward Bruce.2) Pouer requests that he be pardoned a debt that he owes to the king.
Nature of endorsement
[on face].1) The making grants that he should have the money from the issues of the archbishopric during the vacancy, and that none be paid elsewhere until Pouer has been paid.2) The king pardons 100 marks of this debt, and he shall pay the remainder at £10 per year at the king's will.
Places mentioned
Archbishopric of Cashel, [Ireland].
People mentioned
Peter le Pouer, father of the petitioner
Edward le Brus (Bruce).
Related material

For transcript, see no.19 of PRO 31/7/100

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3543
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.457 (pardon of debts)
  • 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.39 (brief calendar of petition)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150233/

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