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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Poor tenants of the demesne lands of Saggart and Leixlip. King. [This petition is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5882
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This record is about the Poor tenants of the demesne lands of Saggart and Leixlip. King. [This petition is... dating from [c. 1327-c. 1377] 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 8/118/5882
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327-c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor tenants of the demesne lands of Saggart and Leixlip.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged and incomplete]The poor tenants request that their rent arrears be remitted on account of the great poverty of the tenants, and the destruction and death caused by the wars and various English and Irish felons.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Saggart, [County Dublin, Ireland]
- Saut' (Leixlip), [County Kildare, Ireland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions', to the reign of Edward III.
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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 4509
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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)
- 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/C9150562/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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