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Benedict le Hauberge, former sheriff of Uriel. Hauberge Benedict King. sheriff of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5796

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Reference
SC 8/116/5796
Date
[? c. 1319]
Description
Petitioners
Benedict le Hauberge, former sheriff of Uriel.
Name(s)
Hauberge, Benedict
Addressees
King.
Occupation
sheriff of Uriel
Nature of request
Hauberge requests an extent be made of his lands in order that he be able to re-pay his debts to the king and be released from prison. There are various debts outstanding upon his account from his term as sheriff of Uriel, which he cannot collect due to the destruction caused by the Scots and their Irish allies, and he himself is utterly ruined and has no sustenance. He therefore requests to be allowed to repay the debts at 100s per year from his estates.
Nature of endorsement
Order the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to make an extent of his lands and have respite of his debts for his own sustenance for five years.
Places mentioned
Uriel, (County Louth), [Ireland]
Ulster, [Ireland]
Dublin, [Ireland].
Note
Dated on the guard to? c.1319, but no evidence cited.
Related material

For transcript, see no.93 of PRO 31/7/95

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4269
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150471/

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