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Roger Outlawe, Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Ireland. Outlawe...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5887

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Reference
SC 8/118/5887
Date
[c. 1318]
Description
Petitioners
Roger Outlawe, Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Ireland.
Name(s)
Outlawe, Roger
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Ireland
Nature of request
The Prior states that he has lost goods, chattels, lands and tenements in Ulster and elsewhere in Ireland through the activities of the Scottish enemies of the king, and their Irish and English allies, to the value of £1000. He therefore requests that the king grant him the forfeited lands of Michael de Kylkenan and John FitzNicholas, as compensation for the great damage suffered by the Hospitallers.
Nature of endorsement
Let the Justice be ordered to enquire into the true value of the land in time of peace, of whom it is held, and certify to the king the truth of what is discovered.
Places mentioned
Ireland
Ulster, [Ireland]
Slanes, [County Down, Ireland]
Portmuck, [County Antrim, Ireland]
Kylkenan, [County Antrim, Ireland]
Ardmacaisse, [County Down, Ireland].
People mentioned
Michael de Kylkenan, John FitzNicholas of Slanes.
Note
Dated by Sayles, Affairs, and Connolly 'Irish Ancient Petitions', to c. 1318 on account of the grant in CPR 1317-21, p.197.
Related material

For transcript, see no.43 of PRO 31/7/95

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4516
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.197 (licence for the Prior of St John to acquire in mortmain lands in Ireland to the value of £100 on account of his good service against the Scottish invaders)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.90 (no.119) (full edition of petition)
  • 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/C9150568/

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