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John de Wellesley, bachelor de Wellesley John King and Council. [Much of this document...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5877

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Reference
SC 8/118/5877
Date
[1334]
Description
Petitioners
John de Wellesley, bachelor
Name(s)
de Wellesley, John
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
[Much of this document is missing]John de Wellesley requests the custody of lands in Dunmahoge during the minority of John, son and heir of Thomas de Sutton, and also of lands in Narragh during the minority of John, kinsman and heir of Walter le Veel, in consideration of his service against the king's Irish enemies.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Monmehennok (Dunmahoge), [County Kildare, Ireland]
Narragh, [County Kildare, Ireland].
People mentioned
[Thomas de Sutton]
John [de Sutton], son and heir of Thomas de Sutton
[Walter le Veel]
[John de Veel, son of William de Veel, kinsman and heir of Walter le Veel]
William le Veel.
Note
Much of the content of this petition can be understood (and the missing details supplied) with reference to Rot. Canc. Hib., p.40 no.125, and can be dated from there to 1334. Monmehennok is identified by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions', as Dunmahoge.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4489
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.41 (brief calendar of petition)
  • Rotulorum Patentium et Clausorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Calendarium, vol. I pt. I, ed. E. Tresham, (, 1828), p.40 no.125 (order to the escheator to hand over these lands)
Record URL
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