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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Ministers of Ireland. King and Council. Ministers of Ireland The ministers request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5881
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This record is about the Ministers of Ireland. King and Council. Ministers of Ireland The ministers request... dating from [c. 1320] 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 8/118/5881
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ministers of Ireland.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- Ministers of Ireland
- Nature of request
- The ministers request a writ under the great seal be sent to the mayor and commonalty of Dublin, ordering them to rebuild the king's manor house near Dublin Castle where the justices sat, which had been burnt during the invasion by the Scots. They claim that the people of the town should do this since they had been pardoned their usual rents following the burning of their suburbs.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] For the King.[On dorse] It seems to the Council that it is not right to charge the burgesses for this demand.Coram domino rege.Ireland.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Dublin, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Mayor of Dublin.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by both Sayles and Connolly to c.1320, following the attack on Dublin by Edward Bruce.
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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 4505
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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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- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.103 (no.140) (full edition of petition and response)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150561/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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