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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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Reference
SC 8/118/5882
Date
[c. 1327-c. 1377]
Description
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].
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4509
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150562/

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